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Sunday, September 21, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA black car was traveling northbound in the southbound lane when it struck another vehicle almost head-on. Three people trapped in vehicles needed to be freed by firefighters. No one involved in the crash appeared to have life threatening injuries. Alcohol impairment appears to have been a factor.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZAt 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.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZA man wanted by police on domestic violence charges died when he traveled the wrong way on Interstate 10 and slammed head-on into a semi-trailer. The victim's name hasn't been released yet. No information was available on the condition of the truck driver.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZKenneth Jerger died instantly in the crash on University at 67th Street, according to MCSO. A passenger in his vehicle was hurt. Three people in the moving truck also suffered minor injuries. Sheriff's deputies said they found drug paraphernalia in Jerger's SUV, and that they believe drug use might have played a role.
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Friday, May 23, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree people were injured after their vehicles collided head-on in the fourth wrong-way crash in two weeks, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.
DPS officers said alcohol is likely a factor in the collision on Interstate-17 near New River.
DPS said it began receiving calls around 11 p.m. Saturday that a Jeep was traveling the wrong way on I-17.
The Jeep slammed head-on into an oncoming pickup truck. The front ends of both vehicles were crunched beyond recognition.
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Thursday, May 15, 2014Area:
Phoenix, AZThree 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.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013Area:
Phoenix, AZThree members of an Allen, Texas, family were killed when their van collided head-on with a car on a highway in a remote area of northern Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety identified those killed as 60-year-old Rebecca Simpson Stryker, 56-year-old James Lee Stryker and 16-year-old Travis Stryker.
A twin brother of the teenager, 16-year-old Austin Stryker, was seriously injured and hospitalized in Flagstaff.
The DPS said a car that crossed the center line first collided with a second car before it collided with the Strykers’ van.