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I-10 reopens after chase suspect's truck crashes

Posted at 7:55 PM, Mar 24, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-25 08:16:25-04

After a 31-year-old man, who led police on a pursuit on three different Valley freeways, crashed a vehicle on Interstate 10, officials shut down the freeway eastbound at Riggs Road and westbound at State Route 587. 

VIDEO: Pursuit suspect leads police on wild chase in East Valley

According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, westbound I-10 was shut down at State Route 587 around 6 p.m. Eastbound I-10 was closed at Riggs Road around 7:30 p.m. Both closures were extended late into the night.

ADOT said around 2 a.m. Friday that both directions had reopened.

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ABC15 learned Joshua Michael Monigold, 31, was wanted on March 19 after being involved in a hit-and-run incident in Maranaprior to leading Valley enforcement agencies on a chase.