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Date: 
Friday, March 27, 2015
Area: 
Tucson, AZ

Just after 10 a.m., a DPS officer was traveling on Interstate 10 at West Tangerine Road when he was involved in a collision with a semi truck. The officer had to be extricated from his vehicle using the Jaws of Life tool. The driver of the truck, Thilankas Silva, 41, was not injured. The officer's service dog, who was in the vehicle at the time of the accident, was not hurt.

Date: 
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
A car driver was killed Tuesday morning after failing to yield to a large gravel truck at Maricopa County Highway 85 and Jackrabbit Road south of Interstate 10 in Buckeye. The gravel truck turned on its side, and the driver, Ruben Perez, 52, was minorly injured. Only the drivers were involved. We'll update this story as more information becomes available.
Date: 
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

One man is dead and another critically injured after a semi-truck carrying a load of pavers veered across three lanes of traffic and rear-ended four vehicles, causing one of them to burst into flames on northbound I-17 in Phoenix 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. The driver of the burning car, Paul Troupe, 22, of Phoenix, was pulled out of the vehicle and brought to a hospital, where he later died. Mawkua Eliam, the driver of an overturned pickup truck, is unresponsive and on life support in the hospital. The driver of the tractor trailer, Brian J.

Date: 
Thursday, May 1, 2014

A motorcyclist was killed after a collision with a semi at a Phoenix intersection early Friday morning, a Phoenix police spokesman said.

The collision happened about 5 a.m. at the intersection of 27th Avenue and Durango Street.

Phoenix police said the tractor-trailer was making a left turn onto 27th Avenue when it was struck by an eastbound Yamaha motorcycle, said Phoenix police Sgt. Steve Martos.

The motorcyclist was taken to a Phoenix hospital, where he later died of his injuries, Martos said.

Date: 
Sunday, February 9, 2014

The northbound lanes of Interstate 17 near Anthem were closed Monday morning after an SUV drove the wrong direction on the freeway and crashed into a produce truck, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The collision killed the driver of the SUV.

The 35-year-old male driver from Anthem entered the northbound lanes of the freeway and crashed into the semi-truck just before 12 a.m. Monday, according to a DPS spokesman.

Date: 
Monday, February 3, 2014
Area: 
Tucson, AZ
One person died and two people were seriously injured after a wreck involving a semi-truck struck and SUV on Interstate 10 near Marana early Tuesday morning, authorities said. A 39-year-old man was driving an SUV westbound at about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday when it swerved for an unknown reason and went into the center median, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. The SUV then rolled over cables in the median and came to a stop in the eastbound lanes, according to DPS.
Date: 
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Traffic is again flowing on eastbound Interstate 10 after it was closed Wednesday morning in Eloy because of a crash involving a semi, an Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman said. The crash was reported just west of the interchange with State Route 87 about 8:50 a.m. when a commercial truck driver failed to slow for congested traffic and struck a pickup truck pulling a trailer, an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman said. No one was injured and the truck driver was cited, the DPS spokesman said.
Date: 
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Westbound Interstate 40 is closed about 30 miles west of the Arizona-New Mexico line due to a truck accident Friday morning.

The Arizona Department of Transportation says travelers should expect an extended closure at Chambers and I-40′s junction with U.S. 191.

ADOT advises drivers to delay travel and to exit I-40 before reaching the closure area.

It says there are no nearby alternate routes to get around the closure. However, westbound motorists can take U.S. 191 south to St. Johns and then take U.S. 180 westbound to return to I-40 at Holbrook.