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Date: 
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Just before 1 p.m. at 51st Avenue and Bell Road in north Phoenix, a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old was eastbound on Bell Road and attempting to turn left onto 51st Avenue when it crashed into a westbound vehicle driven by a 56-year-old woman. The 18-year-old driver died. The 17-year-old passenger was injured and is in stable condition; the driver of the other car was minorly injured. According to police, neither speed nor impairment are believed to be factors. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Date: 
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

A 44-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a serious-injury crash in northwest Phoenix, police said.

Police say Merino Carlo Lusterino was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Suburban that ran a red light at 51st Avenue and Bell Road and struck a Toyota Corolla with the right of way just before 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Sgt. James Holmes, a Phoenix police spokesman said that, moments before the collision, a motorcycle rider called to report that a Subarban had nearly run him off the road near Bell Road and Interstate 17.