An overhead sign on Interstate 77 collapsed onto a car in Charlotte, trapping the driver and closing the southbound lanes for seven hours late Friday and early Saturday, firefighters and state highway officials said.
The driver and another person were hospitalized with serious injuries, Charlotte Fire Department officials posted on social media with photos of the wreck.
A collision caused the collapse, Charlotte Observer news partner WSOC reported.
Fire engines, other rescuers respond to scene
Charlotte Fire Department Engine 12 “arrived within minutes, confirmed entrapment and began patient care,” according to the Fire Department social media post.
“Ladder 20, which went into service earlier this month, and Rescue 10 worked together to free the driver, completing a complex extrication in under 30 minutes,” fire officials said…