Sugar Candice Montenegro, 35, and Eddie Lee Mays, 50, killed, and three people injured in car crash at 16th Street and Broadway in Phoenix, Arizona

Modified Date:

Mon, 06/29/2015 - 7:58pm

Accident Date:

Sunday, June 28, 2015

1 dead, 4 hurt in vehicle collision in south Phoenix

A woman has died and four others, including two children, are hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a vehicle collision in Phoenix. The 50-year-old man driving the second vehicle was transported to a hospital in critical condition. The man and the children were taken to a hospital with critical injuries. Phoenix firefighters say the crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. They say the 35-year-old woman was in one car with a 30-year-old man, a 9-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy.

Police identify victims in Phoenix car crash

A passenger in the silver car, identified as 25-year-old Sugar Candice Montenegro was also killed in the crash. Two people were killed and three others, including two children, were injured when their vehicles collided in a Phoenix intersection late Sunday morning. Jonathan Howard said a driver, identified as 65-year-old Eddie Lee Mays likely ran a light and struck a silver car that was stopped in the intersection preparing for a let turn. Montenegro was in a vehicle with a 30-year-old man and two children ' a 9-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Mays was killed in the crash.

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Type: Car Accident

Topics:

Children/Minors Involved

People Involved:

Eddie Lee Mays

Sugar Candice Montenegro

Roadway:

16th Street and Broadway

City:

Phoenix, AZ

County:

Maricopa County, AZ

Area:

Phoenix, AZ