Mesa police investigating cause of fatal crash
Aug 20, 2012, 1:13 PM | Updated: 1:13 pm
Mesa police are trying to determine what caused a teen driving near University and Val Vista to t-bone a 44-year-old man, killing him.
Mesa Police Sgt. Tony Landato said it was first believed that the teen was drag racing.
“We’ve also had some additional testimony that kind of conflicts with it, so I don’t know, at this point, that we’re able to really confirm that suspicion of two vehicles racing,” he said. “We do suspect that speed is a factor in the accident.”
The 19-year-old driver and a passenger were taken to a local hospital. Both are expected to be fine.