Fatal I-17 Motorcycle Crash
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 8-11-2024 | 9:08 PM
LOCATION: I-17 Southbound & Indian School Road
AREA/CITY: Phoenix
DETAILS:
- Shortly after 9 PM Sunday evening, DPS responded to reports of a motorcyclist who had been run over on the I-17 in the southbound lanes of travel, just North of Indian School Road.
- Troopers arrived with Phoenix Fire and established a closure on the I-17 at Camelback Road.
- Firefighters quickly pronounced the biker deceased.
- Following the crash, a second collision happened behind the motorcycle involving several vehicles.
- At least one of the drivers from the secondary collision was transported to a local area hospital with injuries.
- According to DPS radio traffic:
- Several witnesses stated the motorcyclist was driving at a high rate of speed next to two sports cars before falling onto the interstate where they were then run over by another vehicle.
- Neither of the sports vehicles remained on scene.
- The I-17 southbound is expected to remain closed for several hours as Troopers work to investigate the incident.
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