4 injured in wrong-way wreck, related crash on Loop 101 in Mesa

PHOENIX — A wrong-way rollover collision and a related wreck shut down part of a Phoenix-area freeway early Friday.

Four people from five cars were taken to the hospital from the site on northbound Loop 101 at Guadalupe Road on the Tempe-Mesa border. A spokesman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said none of the injuries were life-threatening.

The first cars crashed — nearly head-on — around 3 a.m. There had been reports of a speeding car heading south in the northbound lanes for about a mile before the crack-up.

Eventually, the vehicles came to a rest in the HOV and third lanes.

CLOSED: L-101 northbound at Guadalupe because of a rollover. Traffic can exit and reenter at Guadalupe. This will remain closed for most or all of the morning commute. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/APIW2Aj6M3

— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 2, 2018

Authorities said the roadway would be closed most of the commuter rush. The ramp reopened around 8:30 a.m.

By 8 a.m. traffic was backed up between Ray and Warner roads.

It was the second wrong-way crash of the year.

The Arizona Department of Transportation said ramps on Loop 202 to Loop 101 North were closed around 5:30 a.m. to keep more traffic away from the closure.

They remained closed after Loop 101 reopened.

No other details were immediately available.

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