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1 taken to hospital after car flips near uptown

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police had to close a section of Hawthorne Lane after a car flipped over Friday morning.

The accident happened around 9 a.m. near the intersection of Hawthorne and 7th Street, in front of Hawthorne's Pizza.

Police said the car hit a guide wire running to a power pole, causing it to flip.

Paramedics rushed one person from the overturned car to Carolinas Medical Center with serious injuries.

Police are investigating the crash.