Wrong-way driver dies on Scottsdale freeway

PHOENIX — A wrong-way driver was killed and another driver was injured in the early hours Friday on a Phoenix-area freeway.

The southbound Loop 101 in Scottsdale was closed at Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard for the investigation. The male driver smashed into another car shortly after midnight.

“The collision was a head-on, but kind of an offset head-on,” Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Quentin Mehr said.

CLOSED: l-101 Pima SB from Frank Lloyd Wright to Cactus because of an earlier crash. Will remain closed at least 2 more hours. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/ydXSV1doo4

— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) July 21, 2017

The driver of the other car was taken to a hospital, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. There was no word on that driver’s condition.

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The freeway section remained closed until 6:30 a.m.

KTAR’s Jim Cross and Martha Maurer contributed to this report.

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