Speed factor in fatal wreck near PNC Music Pavilion

A 21-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon in a wreck on Pavilion Boulevard near the PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

Haylee Christine Hilton, 21 was driving a 2013 Hyundai Sonata northbound when she drove off the right side of the roadway and into a culvert.

The vehicle went airborne before coming to a rest on its roof.  Hilton was not restrained and was pinned inside of the vehicle. She died as a result of the wreck.

Speed was a contributing factor, police said.

It is not known at this time if alcohol or texting contributed to the crash.

No other vehicles were involved.

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