1 person is dead after crash between car, motorcycle in west Phoenix

One person died and two others were injured after a car and motorcycle collided early Saturday morning in west Phoenix, authorities said.

The Phoenix Fire Department was called to the area of 51st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road around 1:45 a.m. for the crash.

When crews arrived, they found three patients, Phoenix Fire said. One person was beyond lifesaving measures and pronounced dead at the scene. A woman was taken immediately to a hospital in “extremely critical condition.” A man was evaluated and refused to go to the hospital.

The Phoenix Police Department took over the scene to investigate.

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