Drivers across the Charlotte region are waiting patiently -- and, in some cases, impatiently -- for a promised large shipment of gasoline expected to reach the Queen City by afternoon.
But the lines and traffic disruptions that dominated on Thursday continue this morning, with people in some cases having parked at gas stations overnight, waiting near the pumps with their tanks on empty. As was the case yesterday, arguments and scuffles are breaking out as frustrations boil over.
At about 8:30 this morning, a woman in line at a Citgo station in Charlotte's Plaza Midwood neighborhood told others in line she was saving a place for her father, who was on his way with gas cans. The station, at Parkwood Avenue and The Plaza, was selling only premium gas. The wait was about 45 minutes.
Several residents got out of their cars and began cursing at the woman, who went nose to nose with one man before someone called 911 amid a chorus of car horns. In pouring rain, one man threatened to "hurt" the driver of a Ford F150 who was confused by the line and got to the pump before him. Two police officers arrived and calmed everyone down.
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