Five people were taken to the hospital after a car struck a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police vehicle on northbound Interstate 85 near Sugar Creek Road early Saturday, Oct. 10, authorities said. The collision happened around 4 a.m. in north Charlotte, near the University area. The officer was assisting the North Carolina State Highway Patrol with traffic when the car hit the officer’s vehicle, police said. Medics reported that two of the five people taken to the hospital had life-threatening injuries. The officer’s injuries were not life-threatening, according to police. Authorities had not identified those involved or said what caused the collision. Northbound I-85 reopened shortly after the crash.