APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say an Apache Junction woman is dead after crashing into another vehicle while headed the wrong way on US 60.
The crash occurred before 9 p.m. on Friday, July 18, near Goldfield Road in Apache Junction.
DPS says a Jeep Cherokee was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes and collided head-on with a Volkswagen Jetta sedan.
Both drivers had to be extricated from their vehicles and were hospitalized.
The wrong-way driver, later identified as 71-year-old Laurie Ann Walters of Apache Junction, died from her injuries.
Impairment was initially suspected in the crash, but DPS did not provide further information or indicate whether that has changed during the investigation.
