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CHARLOTTE — One person was killed in a vehicle collision shortly after midnight on I-85 South near the Sugar Creek exit in Charlotte, officials said.
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A CMPD officer was also involved in the accident and was taken to the hospital. The officer is expected to be okay.
Three others had non-life-threatening injuries.
It happened at about 12:30 a.m. Friday and three of the four lanes on I-85 S were shut down. All lanes have since reopened.
There was a wreck that happened about an hour earlier in the same area. Four people were taken to CMC Main. It is unclear if the two incidents were related.
No further information has been released.
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