PHOENIX — One person is dead after a crash involving a dump truck early Saturday morning in west Phoenix.
Phoenix police say they were called to the crash near 35th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road around 4:30 a.m.
When officers got to the scene, they found two vehicles involved, a dump truck and an SUV.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene after being extricated from the vehicle. He has been identified as 24-year-old Giovanni Hermosillo Falcon.
The dump truck driver suffered minor injuries from the crash.
Phoenix police say the speed of the SUV was a factor in the crash.
This incident remains under investigation.
