1 dead, 4 injured after chain-reaction collision at Scottsdale intersection
A Scottsdale intersection was closed Tuesday evening while authorities investigated a fatal crash that left one person dead and four in the hospital.
A Scottsdale intersection was closed Tuesday evening while authorities investigated a crash that left five people hospitalized. (Photo via Scottsdale Fire Department on Facebook)
(Photo via Scottsdale Fire Department on Facebook)
A person is dead after a six-car crash at a Scottsdale intersection that left four others hospitalized Tuesday, authorities said.
Officers and fire crews were called to Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard around 4:45 p.m. for the crash, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.
The preliminary investigation suggested a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed hit the back of a line of five cars stopped at a red light causing a chain-reaction collision.
Authorities noted that the intersection was still closed as of around 9 p.m. while the fatal crash was being investigated.
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That intersection always seems kind of "petite" for how many cars must travel through it