A man is dead after his truck veered off the roadway in Scottsdale and struck a tree.
Around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, The Department of Public Safety was called to Loop 101 and Cactus Road southbound after a Nissan Frontier pickup truck hit a tree on the side of the freeway.
The man was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after, a DPS spokesperson confirmed.
A second crash in the area, near Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and Loop 101 southbound, has contributed to a traffic backup in the area.
NOW: There's another crash blocking multiple lanes on L-101 SB at FLW Blvd. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/wU40wuKfcW
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) July 20, 2017
In that incident, a tanker rolled over and blocked four lanes.
That accident may have resulted in a third collision between a pickup truck and a car. Injuries in that crash are unknown at this time.
Stay off the southbound L-101 Pima Freeway. There are 2 crashes blocking multiple lanes - one near Cactus and one near FLW Blvd. #PhxTraffic pic.twitter.com/9b2NkdIVRE
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) July 20, 2017
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Both the on- and off-ramps at Raintree Drive are being closed.
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