PHOENIX — A woman is dead and a child is hospitalized following a crash Wednesday night near 51st Avenue and Interstate 10.
Around 9:45 p.m., Phoenix police officers were called to the overpass in the area for a crash involving two vehicles.
When officers arrived, they located four people who were hurt.
A driver, identified as 22-year-old Dre Lewis, was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the second vehicle, identified as a man, and his two passengers, a woman and a 3-year-old boy, were taken to a hospital.
According to court paperwork, the boy was ejected from the vehicle. He suffered serious injuries.
The woman, identified by police as 38-year-old Debbie Alvarez, later died. The child, a boy, suffered serious injuries.
Officials say during a preliminary investigation, detectives learned the vehicle being driven by Lewis was northbound on 51st Avenue and failed to stop for a red light, causing a crash with the other vehicle.
Court paperwork adds that Lewis' mother had called police saying he had been drinking and took her vehicle without her permission.
Lewis was released from a hospital and booked into jail to face several charges, including manslaughter and extreme DUI, according to Phoenix police officials.
An investigation remains ongoing.
