Semi Truck Crushes SUV

 

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 12-20-2024 | 1:40 AM
LOCATION: 43rd Avenue & Missouri Ave
AREA/CITY: Phoenix, AZ
DETAILS:

Phoenix Police and Phoenix Fire crews responded to reports of a vehicle collision with a driver trapped.

Crews arrived to find a SUV pinned under a semi trailer.

The driver of the SUV required extensive mechanical extrication.

Crews utilized the jaws of life to cut the driver from the mangled SUV and transported him to a local trauma center with serious injuries.

The driver of the semi was not injured.

Phoenix Police established a brief hard closure for 43rd Avenue and Missouri Avenue but later re-opened 43rd Avenue while keeping the Missouri Avenue closure in place.

Officers are working to determine how the collision occurred.

It is unknown if speed and impairment are contributing factors.

 

HANDLING AGENCIES: Phoenix Police

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