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1 hurt in E. Independence Blvd. wreck

By Meghan Cooke
macooke@charlotteobserver.com

Posted: Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012

One person was seriously hurt in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on East Independence Boulevard in southeast Charlotte.

The wreck happened just before 7 p.m. near Village Lake Drive and the Independence Square shopping center.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the driver of an SUV ran into a guardrail. It took 18 Charlotte firefighters 20 minutes to free someone who was trapped in the vehicle after the crash.

Paramedics said one person suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital.

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