PHOENIX — Two people are dead after two related crashes on Interstate 17 near Northern Avenue early Sunday morning.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says around 1 a.m., deputies were investigating a possible DUI driver who was stopped in the roadway in the area.
As they were working to clear that vehicle off the interstate, a minor crash happened in another lane of the freeway.
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The troopers on the scene began working to investigate and clear that crash when another vehicle crashed into those two vehicles at a high rate of speed.
As a result of the second crash, the driver of one of those vehicles died, and the other driver, a teen boy, was taken to a hospital where died. They have been identified as 28-year-old Francisco J. Ruiz Coronado, and a 17-year-old male from Glendale.
The passenger in the speeding vehicle was also taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
DPS says the driver of the speeding vehicle was evaluated for possible impairment. He was later arrested and identified as 28-year-old Michael Gibson Jr.
He was booked into jail on several charges, including homicide and assault. The results of a blood-alcohol test are pending.
