MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC : 1 killed, 2 injured in rollover crash on I-77 in Cornelius on Friday, 21st July 2023
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
One person was killed and two others are injured following a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on I-77 in the Cornelius area, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
The accident happened at 2:50 p.m. Friday, July 21, on I-77, at mile marker 26.2, NCDOT said.
Highway Patrol told Queen City News a white Jeep that was traveling northbound on I-77 lost control, for unknown reasons at this time, and ran off the road into the median. The Jeep overturned and came to a final rest in the southbound lanes, they said.
Debris from the Jeep struck several other vehicles, but troopers are calling this crash a ‘single-vehicle collision’ at this time.
One person has been pronounced deceased and two others were rushed to the hospital. Their identities have not been released.
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