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A man who allegedly hit a good Samaritan at the scene of a deadly crash on a Phoenix interstate has been booked on a felony hit-and-run charge.
He's identified as Alberto Lopez-Ruelas.
A woman who was ejected from a car on a Phoenix interstate and then hit by multiple vehicles was killed. Three other people were hurt.
DPS stated that they received a call at 5:21 a.m. about a vehicle that was blocking the high-occupancy vehicle lane in the northbound lanes of Interstate 17 at Thunderbird.
A motorcyclist was killed in a fiery chain-reaction crash that closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 17 at Thomas Road through the evening rush hour Monday.
A DPS spokesman Officer said the accident happened around 3 p.m. and the freeway re-opened about 9 p.m.
A large, flat-bed pickup truck, traveling in the fast lane, lost its load - spilling cylinders onto the highway.
The motorcyclist, identified as 27-year-old Steven Mathew Daniels of Sun City, swerved to avoid hitting them and instead slammed into an SUV whose driver had suddenly hit the brakes.
One person was killed just after midnight Sunday in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 17, officials said.
A small passenger car and a large truck collided about 12:15 a.m. on southbound I-17 at Dixileta Road, according to the Department of Public Safety.
One person was killed, but police had not released the person’s identity Sunday morning.