CAR INTO TREE; ONE HOSPITALIZED

By Jon Mayhew

DENVER -- A 29-year-old man loses control of his car Sunday night and plows into an Oak tree in the 2400 block of Highway 16.

North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper R.L. Neal said the driver -- who couldn't be identified Sunday night -- was cut from the vehicle and taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

"He was traveling north, when he ran off the right side of the road, overcorrected, then ran off the left side of the road," said Neal, adding the driver wasn't wearing his seat belt.

Neal added speed was a factor in the accident but could not say if alcohol played a role, as the investigation into the accident continued early Monday morning.