CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A workout with Pulkit Sang is no joke.

"I'll start at a level three on the treadmill, then go up to a six and then a nine and back down again.  I'll do that for about 20 or 30 minutes," Sang said.

He says he's learned what his body needs at the genetic level and that helped him drop pounds and keep them off.

Just two years ago he was more than 50 pounds heavier and had the frustration of trying diet after diet, only to achieve limited and temporary success.

"Every time a new diet fad comes around your ears perk up and you think is this the one?" Sang said.

FAIRVIEW, NC (WBTV) - Three people are hurt, one seriously, in a crash that shut down a major intersection in Union County for over two hours this afternoon.

Trooper John Burgin tells WBTV a person driving a white Nissan sedan was driving northbound on Highway 601, near Clontz Long Road, around noon. The driver stopped to make a left turn on a driveway, when a person driving a county schools van hit them from behind. Moments later, a pickup truck carrying an ATV, driving southbound, struck the Nissan head on.

Trooper Burgin says a woman sitting in the front passenger seat of the Nissan was pinned under the dashboard of the vehicle for 20 minutes. She was airlifted to the hospital. WBTV is still awaiting word on her condition. The driver of the Nissan and driver of the pickup truck were also hurt. They were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

We're told the driver of the county van was ticketed for failing to reduce speed.

SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) - It may not be spring, but the warm weather has triggered allergy symptoms for many in our area, just ask Susan Ballard what her 11 year old daughter is going through.

"My daughter has climate variant asthma, "Ballard told WBTV.  "When there's a variance in the weather she deals with a lot of coughing, especially when she's outside playing, jumping on the trampoline, playing softball things of that nature."

Lots of folks are dealing with now, and for many, it's a few weeks ahead of schedule.