Man dies after driving into home during storms
A man drove into a home in east Charlotte on Wednesday afternoon and died from his injuries, police say.
CMPD says the driver, Mark Cardan, veered off the road and sideswiped a tree when he hit a home on The Plaza near Milton Road in east Charlotte.
It happened around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday during the deadly storms that swept through the Greater Charlotte area.
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Cardan was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries. No one in the home that he drove into was injured.
Police say Cardan wasn’t wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, but speeding or impairment don’t seem to be a factor.
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