PHOENIX — A wrong-way crash on Interstate 10 near Jefferson Street left both drivers seriously injured and shut down westbound lanes Monday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers responded to a wrong-way crash on Interstate 10 near Jefferson Street.
According to DPS, a Jeep was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it crashed head-on with a pickup truck early Monday morning.
Troopers say when they arrived, both drivers were trapped inside their vehicles.
The driver of the Jeep was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and the driver of the pickup has non-life-threatening injuries.
On June 19, Phoenix police announced the wrong-way driver, 25-year-old Angel Omar Molina Sandoval of Peoria, was released from a long-term medical rehabilitation facility, where he had been recovering from his injuries sustained during the crash.
Investigators determined Sandoval was driving while impaired after leaving a club in Phoenix. He allegedly entered Interstate 17 southbound and continued to the Interstate 10 split, where he crossed multiple lanes of traffic and came to a stop in the HOV lane. Investigators believe he then made a U-turn on I-10 and began driving eastbound in the westbound lanes.
Sandoval then crashed head-on with a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. Both he and the driver of the truck were injured.
Following his arrest, Sandoval was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on one count of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated DUI. One of DUI charges stems from him operating a vehicle while his driving privileges were suspended due to a prior DUI-related offense.
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