2 kids hospitalized in critical condition after crash involving possibly impaired driver in south Phoenix

PHOENIX — A car crash involving a possibly impaired driver in south Phoenix left two adults and two children in the hospital on Friday night, authorities said.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, officers responded to the area of 19th and Southern avenues for reports of a collision that resulted in injuries around 6:50 p.m.

When police arrived at the scene, they found two adults with non-life-threatening injuries and two children with serious injuries, all of whom were from the same vehicle.

All of the occupants were taken to a nearby hospital where the kids remain in critical condition as of Saturday morning, police said.

The male driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash was not hospitalized for any injuries.

Preliminary information indicates the car with the single male occupant was headed northbound on 19th Avenue and was attempting to make a left turn onto Southern Avenue before it collided with the car that had the two kids and two adults, which was headed southbound on 19th Avenue.

The man who was by himself in the car was processed for DUI after showing signs of impairment and then released from the scene, according to police.

Any charges for the south Phoenix crash are pending the toxicology results as well as the collision reconstruction.

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