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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to an accident in the 10100 block of University City Boulevard near East Mallard Creek Church Road around 11:30 Saturday night. Upon arrival, officers found a man in the median. MEDIC pronounced him deceased.
Police say the driver was traveling inbound on University City Boulevard when the pedestrian was struck by her vehicle as the crossed the road. A witness observed the vehicle swerve to avoid hitting the pedestrian, who did not cross the road at a marked crosswalk. The roadway was not illuminated by streetlights.
A car chase in Charlotte ended with two people being taken to the hospital, according to officials.
The chase started Tuesday afternoon around 3:54 p.m. when a Trooper with the NC Highway Patrol spotted a car going 95 miles per hour on Interstate 85 near Little Rock Road.
Police say the 2010 Mazda 3, which was being driven by a man later identified as 27-year-old Willie Cordelle Wright, was stolen out of Charlotte.
One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being struck by two vehicles in southeast Charlotte Tuesday.
The incident happened just after 9:30 p.m. on the 5400 block of Central Avenue.
Police said Donnis Patterson was crossing Central Avenue when he was hit by a 2001 Ford Explorer driven by Marva Bradley.
According to investigators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Bradley was traveling in the outbound lane on Central Avenue and immediately stopped.
Emergency crews responded after a train struck a truck in west Charlotte near uptown Wednesday.
The wreck happened on West Summit Avenue around 5 p.m.
One person, later identified as Guy Wiley, Jr., who was later issued a citation, was taken from the scene to an area hospital.
Medic said that person was seriously injured.
A truck could be seen on its side just off the railroad tracks and appeared to be heavily damaged. Debris could be seen scattered throughout the scene.
Officials have not released the name of the person who was injured.
Five people were injured when a public transit bus was involved in a wreck in uptown Charlotte.
The crash happened at the intersection of S. Brevard and E. 3rd Streets on Tuesday morning.
The crash involved a Charlotte-Area Transit System (CATS) bus.
Five people were transported to Carolinas Medical Center-Main to be treated for injuries.
They are all expected to be okay.
A woman has been charged in a deadly crash that happened in east Charlotte Thursday night.
Overnight, police charged Keren Velasquez with causing the wreck that killed one of the passengers in her car.
Police said Velasquez lost control of her SUV when she tried to change lanes on Albemarle Road near Mallard Drive around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Officers said Karina Velasquez was thrown from the vehicle and died.
Two children who were passengers in the vehicle have minor injuries and police said one of them was not in his car seat properly.
A woman was killed and a man arrested after a vehicle crash in northwest Charlotte, according to Charlotte Mecklenburg Police.
The accident happened on Brookshire Boulevard at I-485 around 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say a woman, later identified as 53-year-old Annie Louise Roller, was stopped at a red light on the off-ramp of I-485. When her light turned green, she attempted to make a left turn onto outbound Brookshire.