CHARLOTTE — A crash into a trolley guidewire pole, with serious damage to an SUV, closed a road in northwest Charlotte early Wednesday morning.
Channel 9 arrived at Trade Street near Bruns Avenue just after 4 a.m. to find a damaged SUV with debris surrounding it.
The SUV’s engine could be seen sitting on the ground outside of the car. The back window was blown out and various pieces of the car were lying around it.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department put up crime scene tape around the area as they investigated the circumstances of the crash.
Channel 9 has reached out to paramedics to see if anyone was hurt.
Charlotte Area Transit System employees were also at the scene. The SUV had crashed into a guidewire pole for the trolley.
ALERT: Trade St. is CLOSED between 5th St./Rozzelles Ferry Rd. & Bruns Ave. due to a crash that involves a single car that hit a light rail guide wire pole. The car's engine block actually ended up next to it on the side of the road. #clt #clttraffic #cltraffic pic.twitter.com/qOQDJDPJVv
— Traffic Team 9 (@TrafficTeam9) May 4, 2022
Instead of operating the streetcar, CATS set up a bus bridge -- in other words, operate a bus -- between the Charlotte Transportation Center and French Street. Normal service resumed by 7:15 a.m.
Trade Street was blocked between 5th Street and Bruns Avenue, an area that’s near Johnson C. Smith University.
We are also reaching out to CMPD for information about what led up to the crash.
Due to police activity effecting the tracks, a bus bridge is in place between CTC and French St.
— CATSRideTransit (@CATSRideTransit) May 4, 2022
Expect delays. Updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/nMoB4scqFI
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