CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police said three suspects carjacked a man overnight in west Charlotte before flipping that vehicle while trying to get away.
Channel 9 arrived on the scene shortly after the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. on Crestmere Street and Triangle Drive.
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Investigators said the suspects then crashed into a light pole, flipping the car.
Officers said the crime started a block away from the crash scene, on Freedom Drive.
A man told Channel 9 he was leaving the American Laundromat when the three suspects confronted him at gunpoint and stole his new Buick SUV.
All three were taken to the hospital. No names have been released.
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