CHARLOTTE — A young man was killed in a crash into a CATS bus on Saturday night, CMPD says.
According to investigators, Francisco Javier Ortiz-Ruiz was speeding south on Eastway Drive around 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
A CATS bus was driving north on Eastway and was making a left turn onto Dunlavin Way when Ortiz-Ruiz crashed into the right front of the bus.
The impact pushed the bus into a third car stopped at a stop sign at that intersection.
MEDIC pronounced Ortiz-Ruiz dead at the scene and transported all other parties to local hospitals. They’re expected to be okay.
There was one person on the bus when it was hit. Channel 9 asked CATS if the driver facing any charges.
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