93-year-old man dead after vehicle ends up in pond in Sun City West

PHOENIX — One person died and another was hospitalized after a vehicle ended up in a pond in Sun City West on Tuesday evening, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

Sgt. Calbert Gillett said deputies responded to a Fry’s near R H Johnson and Meeker boulevards for a report of car in a pond that was sinking.

Bystanders and rescue crews removed the 93-year-old male driver and a 93-year-old woman from the car, Gillett said.

The man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and later pronounced dead.

The woman was responsive and taken to the hospital for precautionary treatment.

Circumstances surrounding the incident were unknown, according to Gillett.

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