3 hurt in Beatties Ford Road wreck

Three people were injured Friday morning when a car slammed into a power pole on Beatties Ford Road in northwest Charlotte, authorities say. The wreck forced police to close portions of the road for a while. The wreck was reported shortly before 10 a.m. in the 1900 block of Beatties Ford Road. That is south of LaSalle Street and about three blocks north of Northwest School of the Arts. The power pole was damaged and lines knocked down. A spokeswoman for Medic said the three injured people were taken to Carolinas Medical Center with potentially life-threatening injuries.