CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — One person died in a car accident on Fairview Road Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Medic officials said one other person is being treated, but did not comment on that person's condition.
The accident happened on Fairview Road near Simsbury Road around 2:30 p.m.
According to police, the driver of a 2007 BMW was stopped on Simbury Road waiting to turn right onto Fairview Road when her vehicle was hit from behind by an Acura, pushing it into Fairview Road. The Acura then collided into a tree beside the road.
The driver of the Acura was killed in the accident. The BMW was not hit by oncoming traffic.
Police identified the driver of the Acura as 74-year-old Wolfgang Kretzschmar.
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