Car crashes into tree that fell across busy Kannapolis road

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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A busy road in Kannapolis had to be closed early Wednesday morning after a tree came crashing down across it overnight.

Police shut down Trinity Church Road between Shoe Show and Northwest High School after the tree fell shortly before 2:30 a.m.

Officers told Channel 9 one passing car actually hit the tree while it was in the street.

Some utility lines were also down, taken off a nearby utility pole, but there were no power outages in the area.