Pregnant woman dies in Phoenix car crash, passenger injured

PHOENIX — A pregnant woman died and a passenger was injured in a single-car crash on a Phoenix street early Sunday.

Police said 39-year-old Anna Ruth Garcia Flores had tried to pass an eastbound truck on Thomas Road near 19th Avenue. Instead, she smashed into a traffic light pole.

A spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department said the woman was seven months pregnant with a boy. They died at a hospital. The passenger, a 23-year-old man, suffered serious injuries but none were life-threatening.

The accident was under investigation.

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