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Glendale PD: Two killed in crash involving impaired driver

Posted at 5:19 AM, Aug 12, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-12 15:35:07-04

GLENDALE, AZ — Two people have died after a crash involving an impaired driver late Wednesday night.

The crash occurred before 11 p.m. Wednesday near 59th Avenue and Camelback Road.

Glendale Police Department officials say two vehicles were involved in the crash when a sedan, traveling eastbound from 59th Avenue on Camelback, made a left turn from the continuous left turn lane.

The driver headed into a private drive when the vehicle was struck by an SUV traveling westbound on Camelback approaching 59th Avenue.

Both occupants in the sedan, both women, were killed.

A man driving one of the vehicles was processed for impairment, police say. His name hasn't been released.