CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A driver had to be extracated from their vehicle after a crash in northwest Charlotte Friday afternoon.
Medic officials say the collision with a utility pole occurred just after 4 p.m. on Sunset Road near Beatties Ford Road. Crews with the Charlotte Fire Department and Long Creek Fire Department responded, locating one patient pinned inside a vehicle.
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Through coordinated efforts and careful extrication, crews freed the patient at 4:36 p.m. The patient was then transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, Medic says.
Sunset Road was closed down on the west side of the intersection for roughly an hour. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police is investigating…