Fatal wrong-way wreck shuts down Loop 101 in Glendale for hours
Nov 3, 2021, 5:37 AM | Updated: 6:52 am
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PHOENIX – A wrong-way driver crashed on a West Valley freeway early Wednesday morning and has died, authorities said.
The wreck shut down northbound Agua Fria Freeway Loop 101 at Cardinals Way in Glendale around 1:30 a.m., the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
An agency spokesman said a man driving a Hyunda Elantra got onto an exit ramp and smashed head-on into a semi truck.
He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Lanes reopened around 6:15 a.m.
No one else was injured.
The investigation is ongoing but DPS said driver impairment could be a contributing factor.
No other details were immediately available.
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