TOLLESON, AZ — A 19-year-old woman is dead after a crash in Tolleson near 83rd Avenue and Buckeye Road.
Just before 9 p.m. Friday night, emergency crews were called to the area for a crash involving a semi-truck.
During the initial investigation detectives learned a semi-truck, traveling westbound on Buckeye Road, was stopped at a red light.
At that time, a car was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed and failed to stop for the red light. The driver of that car crashed into the back of the semi-truck which was stopped at the light, according to the Tolleson Police Department.
The impact caused the car to burst into flames, which were eventually put out by the fire department.
The driver of the car died at the scene and was later identified as Gwendolyn Brooke Garcia.
The driver of the semi-truck was not injured, police said.
It's unknown at this time what caused Garcia to not stop at the light.
An investigation remains ongoing.