PHOENIX — Two people are dead after a fiery wrong-way crash on I-10 near 7th Avenue early Sunday morning.
When crews arrived to the scene just before 3:30 a.m., they located the reported wrong-way vehicle, a silver Honda, which had collided with a red SUV and caught on fire, according to DPS.
Officials say a 25-year-old man from Texas was driving the wrong way when he collided with a 30-year-old man from Phoenix, both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.
A third vehicle collided with a crash, and three women were taken to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.
I-10 eastbound near 19th Avenue was closed due to the crash, but has since reopened.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.
No further information was immediately available.
It is unknown if impairment was involved in the crash.
