Emergency crews were on the scene of a crash involving Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton just after noon Tuesday near uptown.

Police said the crash happened around 12:30 p.m. on the Church Street bridge over Interstate 277.

The severity of Newton's injuries was not immediately available but witnesses told Channel 9 that Newton's truck flipped four times.

Paramedics loaded Newton into an ambulance on a stretcher and rushed him to the hospital. The Carolina Panthers reported on the team's official Twitter account that Newton suffered 2 fractures in his lower back and no further internal injuries.

The road was closed briefly as crews investigated the crash.

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