Deadly wrong-way accident closes freeway south of Phoenix
Feb 24, 2020, 5:53 AM | Updated: 7:21 am
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PHOENIX – A wrong-way driver smashed into another car on a freeway outside of Phoenix late Sunday, killing one person, authorities said.
The 11:40 p.m. crash shut down southbound State Route 347 near the city of Maricopa.
The driver was heading north and hit the other vehicle head-on, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in an email early Monday.
The driver of the second car was pronounced dead at a hospital; the wrong-way driver suffered serious injuries.
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Traffic was exiting at Riggs Road.
The roadway was reopened shortly before 7 a.m.
No other details were immediately available.
UPDATE: This closure remains in place. #maricopa #phxtraffic #aztraffic https://t.co/aLZhaiPCyU
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) February 24, 2020
