2 injured in wrong-way driving accident on north Phoenix freeway

PHOENIX — Two people were seriously injured Monday when a wrong-way driver smashed into another car on Interstate 17 in Phoenix.

The accident closed northbound lanes at Bell Road for several hours.

A spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said it started getting calls of a wrong-way driver shortly after midnight.

Just minutes later a 37-year-old woman driving her SUV southbound in the northbound lanes collided with another SUV driven by an 18-year-old man just north of Greenway Road.

Both drivers were taken to a hospital.

The wrong-way driver could face aggravated assault charges.

Lanes reopened around 5 a.m.

KTAR’s Jim Cross and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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