The Cobalt SS is basically the same car I have, the Ion Redline. A woman was driving 100 mph, went through a wire guard rail, crossed the median and collided with a truck. People are dead. You can see the engine flew right out of the car, and the supercharger laying on the road. The lesson is, don't do your makeup at 100 mph.
Video of aftermath: http://www.wcnc.com/video/index.html?nvid=168964
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two people were killed in a major accident on Interstate 77 at Westinghouse Boulevard in south Charlotte just after noon Thursday.
A child was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center from the scene. One person with life-threatening injuries was rushed to the hospital by ambulance and a third person who did not have life-threatening injuries was also transported, MEDIC officials said.
Troopers said a woman was going far too fast merging from Interstate 485 onto southbound I-77 and had to swerve to avoid hitting a truck. She skidded across the median, through the cables and went airborne before running head-on into a pickup truck in the northbound lanes. The Highway Patrol said the driver of the car and the passenger in the pickup truck were pronounced dead at the scene.
The 4-year-old child that had to be airlifted was in the car with the woman who was killed.
The child was in a safety seat. The child lived but the driver, it's too small of a car, too high rate of speed, said bystander Robert Litaker.
Troopers estimate the woman was going about 100 miles per hour when she lost control. They said speed was obviously a factor in the crash.
The impact was so violent even the cars engine was tossed out on the road.
(It was) pretty horrific. As soon as she hit it, it just disintegrated, Litaker said of the car. Theres no sense in driving that kind of speed in this city.
Battalion Chief David Rose of the Charlotte Fire Department said the sad part is that the crash could have been prevented. He said too often rescue crews see the deadly results of speeding.
Its a tragedy for a couple of families today, he said. In 25 years, this is just I-77. Ive been here before.
I-77 northbound was closed for about two and a half hours while troopers investigated the crash and crews cleaned up the scene.
The victims names have not been released
Video of aftermath: http://www.wcnc.com/video/index.html?nvid=168964
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Two people were killed in a major accident on Interstate 77 at Westinghouse Boulevard in south Charlotte just after noon Thursday.
A child was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center from the scene. One person with life-threatening injuries was rushed to the hospital by ambulance and a third person who did not have life-threatening injuries was also transported, MEDIC officials said.
Troopers said a woman was going far too fast merging from Interstate 485 onto southbound I-77 and had to swerve to avoid hitting a truck. She skidded across the median, through the cables and went airborne before running head-on into a pickup truck in the northbound lanes. The Highway Patrol said the driver of the car and the passenger in the pickup truck were pronounced dead at the scene.
The 4-year-old child that had to be airlifted was in the car with the woman who was killed.
The child was in a safety seat. The child lived but the driver, it's too small of a car, too high rate of speed, said bystander Robert Litaker.
Troopers estimate the woman was going about 100 miles per hour when she lost control. They said speed was obviously a factor in the crash.
The impact was so violent even the cars engine was tossed out on the road.
(It was) pretty horrific. As soon as she hit it, it just disintegrated, Litaker said of the car. Theres no sense in driving that kind of speed in this city.
Battalion Chief David Rose of the Charlotte Fire Department said the sad part is that the crash could have been prevented. He said too often rescue crews see the deadly results of speeding.
Its a tragedy for a couple of families today, he said. In 25 years, this is just I-77. Ive been here before.
I-77 northbound was closed for about two and a half hours while troopers investigated the crash and crews cleaned up the scene.
The victims names have not been released
