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A 28-year-old man has been charged after a fatal head-on car crash in Phoenix Sunday evening. Authorities say Octavio Grado was impaired and speeding when he caused a crash on 67th Avenue at 9:15 p.m. The crash occurred when Grado's Nissan Titan hit a curb and crossed the center line and crashed into a Chevy Impala with four occupants. Crystal McDonald, 28, and Isaiah Blanco, 27, died. A 4-year-old girl suffered serious spinal injuries. A 26-year-old man was seriously injured. Initial tests showed Grado's blood alcohol content to be 0.241, according to court documents.

Head-on crash on 46th Avenue and Thomas Road sends five to hospital in Phoenix, Arizona

Date:

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

Two trucks collided head-on at 46th Avenue and Thomas Road, sending five people to the hospital including a 14-year-old. Thie condition is listed as extremely critical, but no more information is given.

Chase ensues after couple leaves restaurant without paying ending in crash that killed Sylvester Romero, 31, and Valerie Cervantez, 26, and one man in Phoenix, Arizona

Date:

Friday, September 19, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

A couple fled a restaurant in a black Camaro after not paying for their meal. Police pursued and the driver of the Camaro lost control, went into oncoming traffic, and struck a vehicle with one person inside. Officials arrived to find three people injured, one of whom may have been ejected from a vehicle. One person was pronounced dead at the scene.The three people involved in the crash have not yet been identified.

One driver flees the scene of Interstate-10 pileup that left some motorists severely injured in Phoenix, Arizona

Date:

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

At least four vehicles were involved, forcing authorities to close freeways in the area. One of the drivers, reportedly driving a U-Haul truck, fled the scene.

Evan Christian Hendriadi, 50, Jenny Sudjono, 70, and Lioe Kim Tjhiuw, 78, killed, several injured in wrong-way crash on Interstate 17 in Phoenix, Arizona

Date:

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Area:

Phoenix, AZ

Three people are dead and four others in critical condition after a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver and involving a family in a van on southbound Interstate 17 Friday morning, said an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman. The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was among three adults injured and flown to John C. Lincoln-North Mountain Hospital in Phoenix, said Raul Garcia of DPS. An injured child was flown to Phoenix Children's Hospital, he said. The wrong-way driver has not been named however police said they would recommend vehicular homicide charges to prosecutors.