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Driver OK after car crashes into water in west Charlotte

No other information has been provided regarding the crash. No word on injuries at this time.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Fire, CMPD and Highway Patrol were on the scene of a vehicle accident where a car crashed into the water on the I-85 Exit 30 ramp to I-485 Inner Loop. 

NBC Charlotte has learned that the driver exceeded the posted speed limit, traveling an estimated 90 mph. The driver lost control of the car and ran off the right shoulder of the road.

The car then overturned and traveled over the guardrail and landed on its top partially in the creek. The ramp was shut down for drivers. 

According to troopers, the driver of the vehicle walked away from the crash and is okay.

The driver was charged with careless and reckless driving.

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