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The good news following Cam Newton’s frightening car accident yesterday is the star Carolina Panthers quarterback is expected to be released later today. The bad news is he suffered two fractures in his back and is expected to miss his next game at the least.

Reports Charlotte Observer:

The violent collision shortly after noon sent Newton’s black Dodge truck tumbling sideways across a bridge over Interstate 277 in uptown Charlotte. The truck came to rest on the passenger side, its roof flattened.

Newton, who had been headed to Bank of America Stadium a block away to study game film on a day off, appeared dazed after crawling out a shattered rear window.

No charges were immediately filed. Police won’t release the name of the second driver involved in the wreck until an accident report is filed, possibly Wednesday.

South Church and West Hill streets, where the accident happened, is becoming one of Charlotte’s most hazardous intersections.

A witness to Tuesday’s accident, Tony Douglas, said he was walking on Church Street when he saw a Buick sedan and Newton’s truck collide.

Douglas said the truck was heading south on Church and the sedan was crossing Church from Hill Street when they hit. Douglas said he ran to the truck and saw Newton inside.

Afterward, he said, Newton “was alert. He was in pain.”

Several readers on the Charlotte Observer’s website expressed their disdain for the intersection the accident occurred at, which not-so-coincidentally was ranked fourth this year on the city’s list of places where crashes are most likely to happen.

Photo: Charlotte Observer