CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One person was killed and another was hurt after two cars crashed off an Interstate 77 overpass in southwest Charlotte early Friday, police said.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a speeding car was traveling on I-77 around 3 a.m. when it clipped another vehicle, sending both cars off the overpass above Arrowood Road. One of the vehicles, a white SUV, flipped over and landed on its roof below the interstate.
Troopers said one person died at the scene. Another was rushed to a Charlotte hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Arrowood Road and I-77 were reopened around 7 a.m. once crews were able to clear the scene before Friday's morning rush hour.
WCNC Charlotte will continue to update this as new information is released.
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