2 trapped, 3 hospitalized after cars crash on E Independence Boulevard

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CHARLOTTE — Three people suffered injuries and were taken to the hospital after a crash on East Independence Boulevard on Saturday morning.

MEDIC confirmed two people were trapped in a car and had to be extracted.

One person had life-threatening injuries, one had serious injuries, and the other had minor injuries, and all were hospitalized, MEDIC said.

The accident happened around 8 a.m. Friday at the intersection with East W.T. Harris Boulevard in southeast Charlotte.

Only one lane of traffic was impacted, and CMPD officers directed traffic as investigators looked into the accident.

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