Police investigating crash that left 2 dead, 2 more injured in west Phoenix

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Police Department is investigating a head-on crash that left two men dead and two more injured, authorities announced on Sunday.

On Sunday around 1:50 a.m., police responded to the crash near 75th Avenue and Indian School Road. Once officers arrived, they found three men suffering from serious injuries.

Two of the men, 35-year-old Erick Segura and 37-year-old Alonso Franco, were later determined to be dead by firefighters. Two more individuals, a 28-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy, were hospitalized.

The 28-year-old man, identified later as Francisco Heredia-Mendivil, required multiple surgeries after the crash, according to authorities. He was released from the hospital and booked into jail on counts of second-degree murder and aggravated assault on Dec. 19. His bond was set at $500,000.

What do police believe led up to the crash?

Police believe Heredia-Mendivil was by himself and was driving a Chevrolet Camaro that was headed eastbound on Indian School Road. He was in the curb lane and tried to move around a car going much slower than him, police said.

He then oversteered to the point where he ended up in the westbound lanes and he crashed head-on into a Volkswagen Jetta driven by Segura, police said.

Segura and his backseat passenger, Franco, both died. The 16-year-old boy was sitting in the front and suffered a broken arm.

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