CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A deadly crash has closed a busy highway in west Charlotte on Wednesday morning.

The wreck happened on Wilkinson Boulevard near Ashley Road, around 7 a.m.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg the crash was fatal, but did not say how many people died, nor if anyone else was hurt.

Police said the inbound lanes of Wilkinson Boulevard -- the ones heading into Charlotte -- were closed.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.

The area where the crash happened has a Walmart inside a busy shopping center, as well as two gas stations. It is about four miles from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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