CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CMPD is investigating following a single car accident that killed three people in the Steele Creek area early Saturday morning.
Authorities say at 2:18 a.m. on Saturday morning, officers responded to a wreck involving a single vehicle in the 8300 block of Steele Creek Road.
Upon arrival, officers located a blue 2001 Crown Victoria, which had exited the road to the right, and became airborne, before hitting several trees.
The front seat passenger was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead on the scene. The rear seat passenger was also pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was transported to Carolinas Medical Center Main by medic, an pronounced dead by an Emergency Room doctor.
Speed is considered a factor in the crash, and none of the victims were wearing their seatbelts.
The identities of the victims are being withheld pending notification of kin.
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