CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Two people have died and two are hurt following a serious crash in west Charlotte, according to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. The crash was reported around 8:13 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, on the 3200 block of Freedom Drive near Ashely Road. Officials say a 2024 Mitsubishi Mirage driven by 70-year-old Gregory Matthew Thompson was driving north on Freedom Drive and tried to make a U-turn when the Mitsubishi was struck by a 2010 Dodge Challenger driven by 34-year-old Tajarvis Deonte Wall. Thompson and his passenger in the Mitsubishi, 70-year-old Connie Lee Yates, both passed away at the site of the crash, according to authorities. Wall and his passenger in the Dodge, a juvenile, were both taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Everyone was wearing their seatbelts. Tajarvis Deonte Wall (MCSO) Wall was not impaired at the time of the crash. However, he was arrested and charged after being released from the hospital: Misdemeanor Death by Vehicle X2 No Operators License Improper Use of Lane Child Safety Seat Violations Speeding Window Tint Violation Freedom Drive heading east towards Charlotte was closed at Tuckaseegee Road during the on-scene investigation.