Fatal wreck shuts down westbound US 60 in east Mesa

PHOENIX – One person was killed and another injured in a car crash late Thursday on U.S. 60 in Mesa that shut down westbound lanes.

The vehicles collided near Crismon Road around 11:20 p.m.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said neither car had been driving in the wrong direction.

The investigation continued into early Friday before authorities reopened the road shortly before 6 a.m.

US 60 WB remains closed (due to a serious crash) just past Crismon Road in east Mesa. All traffic MUST exit at Crismon Road; there's no estimated time to reopen US 60. #aztraffic pic.twitter.com/kK48v8Z6nP

— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 21, 2020

No other details were immediately available.

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