By Joe Marusak

The Herald-Sun

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An overhead sign on Interstate 77 collapsed onto a car in Charlotte, trapping the driver and closing the southbound lanes for seven hours late Friday and early Saturday, firefighters and state highway officials said.

The driver and another person were hospitalized with serious injuries, Charlotte Fire Department officials posted on social media with photos of the wreck.

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It was not clear what caused the sign to collapse or whether the second person hurt was in the injured driver’s car or another vehicle. Fire officials didn’t say in their post, and a State Highway Patrol spokesman has not yet responded to a request for more information.

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