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Thursday, January 7, 2016

News Lunch Break (1/7/15): Morning school bus wreck sends 11 people to area hospitals

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Eleven people, including eight CMS students, were taken to area hospitals after a school bus wreck in east Charlotte this morning. The bus, heading to John Morehead Stem Academy, crashed at about 8 a.m. on The Plaza near Barrington Drive. The students were reportedly brought to the hospital as a precaution, and none of the injuries are believed to be serious. (WBTV Web Staff) An SUV involved in the accident caught fire, according to tweets from reporters on the scene. 

Duke Energy crews have closed a part of South Boulevard this morning after a suspected drunk driver ran through three utility poles with his pickup truck overnight. The accident happened near Greystone Drive. It's unclear how long it will take crews to repair the poles. The name of the driver hasn't been released, but he was reportedly taken to the hospital for a blood test and is suspected to have been driving drunk. (WSOC Staff) 

Charlotte Area Transit Systems officials announced this morning that Blue Line service will be interrupted this weekend due to construction on its expansion. On Saturday and Sunday, the Blue Line will only run between the I-485/South Boulevard and Scaleybark stations. Trains won't run between the New Bern and Time Warner Cable Arena stations. (Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer) 

Last night's much-discussed Powerball lottery drawing once again came and went without a single person choosing the right numbers, extending the time for people to buy tickets until the next drawing on Saturday. Wednesday's night's jackpot was around $500 million, and Saturday's is estimated to hit around $675 million, which would make it the highest jackpot in history. The current record stands at $656 million, doled out to a Mega Millions winner in March 2012. Good luck! (Associated Press via Fox46) 

A 60-year-old male nurse was arrested yesterday at a nursing facility in Union County after an employee witnessed him sexually assaulting a patient in the early morning hours. Douglas Steven Little has been charged with second-degree forcible sex offense, sexual act by a private institution employee/custodian and a crime against nature. The incident took place at Lake Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Services and was the second such incident in the greater Charlotte area in a matter of days. On Tuesday, an employee at a Mooresville nursing facility was arrested for a raping a woman living there. (WCNC Staff) 

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