One Dead After Crash Splits Mustang In Half
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 10-20-2024 | 5:00 AM
LOCATION: Northbound South Mountain 202 ramp to Eastbound I-10
AREA/CITY: Phoenix
DETAILS:
- DPS troopers and Phoenix Fire responded to reports of a serious single vehicle crash on the Northbound South Mountain 202 ramp to the Eastbound I-10.
- Troopers arrived to find a Ford Mustang split in half, blocking the transition ramp.
- The driver of the Mustang was ejected from the vehicle and landed in the landscape west of the transition ramp.
- Phoenix Fire arrived and pronounced the unidentified driver deceased on scene.
- Preliminary information suggests the Mustang struck the traffic barrier at the split between the Eastbound I-10 traffic ramp and Eastbound I-10 HOV ramp.
- Troopers are investigating speed as a possible contributing factor.
- The collision resulted in a closure of the Northbound 202 to Eastbound I-10 ramp.
- Eastbound traffic is being diverted onto the eastbound I-10 HOV ramp.
- The westbound I-10 transition ramp is unaffected.
- It is unclear when the closure will be cleared.
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