News14.com

  63º

You are not signed in  |  Sign in here  |  Help

You're viewing a lite version of news14.com

Time Warner Cable customers: Sign in with your TWC ID for video access.

Get my TWC ID. | Get TWC service. | Read the FAQ.

08/26/2012 10:18 AM

CMPD investigate deadly accident on Old Mount Holly Road

  To view our videos, you need to
enable JavaScript. Learn how.
install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now.

Then come back here and refresh the page.

CHARLOTTE--Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating an early morning accident that left one man dead and another injured on Sunday.

Police got the call at about 3:15 a.m.

They said the two men in the car had just left a party and were leading another driver to the interstate, when they crashed in the 6600 block of Old Mount Holly Road.

The car ran off the right side of the road and rolled over, killing the driver, identified as 25-year-old Elvin Cornejo Ortez.

The passenger was treated at the hospital, but is expected to be okay.
The victims names have not been released.

Police said speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.