4 injured in wrong-way wreck, related crash on Loop 101 in Mesa
Feb 2, 2018, 5:33 AM | Updated: 8:40 am
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PHOENIX — A wrong-way rollover collision and a related wreck shut down part of a Phoenix-area freeway early Friday.
Four people from five cars were taken to the hospital from the site on northbound Loop 101 at Guadalupe Road on the Tempe-Mesa border. A spokesman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said none of the injuries were life-threatening.
The first cars crashed — nearly head-on — around 3 a.m. There had been reports of a speeding car heading south in the northbound lanes for about a mile before the crack-up.
Eventually, the vehicles came to a rest in the HOV and third lanes.
CLOSED: L-101 northbound at Guadalupe because of a rollover. Traffic can exit and reenter at Guadalupe. This will remain closed for most or all of the morning commute. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/APIW2Aj6M3
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 2, 2018
Authorities said the roadway would be closed most of the commuter rush. The ramp reopened around 8:30 a.m.
By 8 a.m. traffic was backed up between Ray and Warner roads.
It was the second wrong-way crash of the year.
The Arizona Department of Transportation said ramps on Loop 202 to Loop 101 North were closed around 5:30 a.m. to keep more traffic away from the closure.
They remained closed after Loop 101 reopened.
No other details were immediately available.
