Speeding driver dies in east Charlotte crash, CMPD says

CHARLOTTE — A man speeding down an east Charlotte road died in a crash Thursday morning, investigators said.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it happened just before 7:45 a.m. on North Sharon Amity Road. At the scene, they found three heavily damaged cars: A Toyota RAV4, a Honda Passport and a Nissan Pathfinder.

MEDIC said one person died at the scene of the crash. CMPD identified him as the driver of the RAV4, 50-year-old Daryl Antonie Wright.

Detectives believe Wright was speeding along North Sharon Amity Road when he hit the Honda. The RAV4 flipped, hitting the Pathfinder and a utility pole on the side of the road, investigators said. It came to a stop on its roof.

The drivers of the Honda and Nissan were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

All lanes of North Sharon Amity Road between Central Avenue and Wilora Lake Drive were closed and didn’t reopen until just before 1 p.m. Drivers were asked to seek alternate routes.

Wright’s toxicology results are pending.

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