Young Lee, 54, and Ronald Wayne Mollenhauer, 56, killed in wrong-way crash at State Route 51 ramp at I-10 in Phoenix, Arizona

Modified Date: 
Sat, 04/13/2019 - 11:31am
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

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Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash on the transition ramp between southbound State Route 51 and the eastbound Interstate 10 on Tuesday evening, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

A man in a red sedan started traveling west in the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Sky Harbor International Airport around 7:45 p.m, a DPS spokesman said.

 

DPS: Video shows wrong-way driver before deadly crash on State Route 51

The agency has yet to publicly name the wrong-way driver, but the other driver who was killed has been identified as 54-year-old Young Lee of Phoenix.

Victim, suspect identified in State Route 51 wrong-way crash

On Wednesday, DPS identified one of the drivers killed as 54-year-old Young Lee, of Phoenix. On Thursday, DPS identified the suspect of the crash as Ronald Wayne Mollenhauer, 56, of Peoria.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Young Lee
Ronald Wayne Mollenhauer
Roadway: 
State Route 51

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