FD: Car catches fire in Mesa wreck
Photographer: Carlos Zaragoza
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Posted: 02/02/2012
MESA, AZ - Police said a 19-year-old man was killed after a car caught fire in a Mesa accident Thursday.
Forrest Smith with the Mesa Fire Department said fire crews responded to the crash at McKellips and Falcon Drive.
A car collided with a tow truck and there was a small fire inside the car, according to Smith.
Mesa Police Sgt. Ed Wessing said the teen died. His identity has not been released.
Wessing said impairment is not a factor in the crash.
The tow truck driver was uninjured, according to Wessing.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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