A 52-year-old woman is dead after a head-on crash with a suspected impaired driver in Phoenix on Sunday night.
The incident happened just after 10 p.m. near 37th Avenue and Thomas Road.
Phoenix police say a suspected impaired driver was traveling westbound and veered into oncoming traffic colliding with an eastbound vehicle being driven by the 52-year-old woman, identified as Ramona Dewhurst.
Dewhurst was pronounced dead at the scene, her 24-year-old female passenger was transported to the hospital with critical injuries, according to police.
Police say the suspected impaired driver, a 24-year-old man, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. His passenger, a 27-year-old man, suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Speed and impairment are believed to both be factors in the collision.
The intersection has since reopened.
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