Hit-and-run suspect wanted after crash in Catawba County, troopers say: Monday, Oct. 16
A search is underway for a person that investigators say left the scene of a crash that left a motorcyclist with serious injuries. The crash happened on Providence Mill Road at NC 16 southeast of Newton on Sunday around 10:40 a.m., according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Authorities say a motorcyclist was struck by a silver Ford Fusion while traveling east on Providence Mill Road. The driver of the motorcycle suffered serious injuries and was taken by medical helicopter to a nearby hospital. Their condition was not made available by troopers. The Ford Fusion believed to have been involved in the crash was found abandoned on Little Mountain Road near the intersection of Buffalo Shoals Road. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/hit-and-run-suspect-wanted-after-crash-in-catawba-county-troopers-say-north-carolina/275-fd066cfe-3545-4761-8ee0-94aeccd9f3c0 Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers are being treated after they were hurt while trying to take a suspect into custody Friday. This happened around noon in north Charlotte in the 9800 block of Spring Park Drive, which is located near Clarks Creek Park off Hucks Road. The street is about half a mile east of Old Statesville Road. WCNC Charlotte spoke to the homeowner, who said her daughter called to alert her that an intruder and police were in the house. "I could hear him downstairs, I could also hear the officers with him," the homeowner said. "He was in the house, at least long enough to have helped himself to a drink and was preparing to help himself to another drink." CMPD said they received a call from a neighbor about a suspicious suspect. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/3-cmpd-officers-hurt-north-charlotte/275-5759f053-4a8e-40da-bba6-0406727d22e8 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
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A search is underway for a person that investigators say left the scene of a crash that left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.
The crash happened on Providence Mill Road at NC 16 southeast of Newton on Sunday around 10:40 a.m., according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Authorities say a motorcyclist was struck by a silver Ford Fusion while traveling east on Providence Mill Road. The driver of the motorcycle suffered serious injuries and was taken by medical helicopter to a nearby hospital. Their condition was not made available by troopers.
The Ford Fusion believed to have been involved in the crash was found abandoned on Little Mountain Road near the intersection of Buffalo Shoals Road.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/hit-and-run-suspect-wanted-after-crash-in-catawba-county-troopers-say-north-carolina/275-fd066cfe-3545-4761-8ee0-94aeccd9f3c0
Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers are being treated after they were hurt while trying to take a suspect into custody Friday.
This happened around noon in north Charlotte in the 9800 block of Spring Park Drive, which is located near Clarks Creek Park off Hucks Road. The street is about half a mile east of Old Statesville Road.
WCNC Charlotte spoke to the homeowner, who said her daughter called to alert her that an intruder and police were in the house.
"I could hear him downstairs, I could also hear the officers with him," the homeowner said. "He was in the house, at least long enough to have helped himself to a drink and was preparing to help himself to another drink."
CMPD said they received a call from a neighbor about a suspicious suspect.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/3-cmpd-officers-hurt-north-charlotte/275-5759f053-4a8e-40da-bba6-0406727d22e8
Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!