TEMPE, AZ — Two people have died after a wrong-way crash early Sunday morning near the Interstate 10 corridor in Tempe, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
DPS officials say troopers began receiving calls around 1:15 a.m. about a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of State Route 143 near Broadway Road.
Shortly after those initial reports, troopers were notified of a head-on crash involving the wrong-way vehicle, according to DPS.
Authorities say the crash happened on the transition portion of the freeway from U.S. 60 to SR-143.
DPS confirms one person was killed in the crash, while a second person was taken to a hospital and later died.
Officials have identified the wrong-way driver killed as 22-year-old Jake Brian Bowen.
The second driver who was struck and killed has been identified as 38-year-old Abu Sayed Bin Abuya.
Following an investigation, DPS revealed impairment was suspected in the crash.
