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Reported wrong-way DUI crash in Tempe Friday morning leaves three hurt

The crash happened near Hardy Drive and Southern Avenue
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TEMPE, AZ — Three people are hurt after a reported DUI wrong-way crash in Tempe early Friday morning.

Tempe police say they were called to the area of Hardy Drive and Southern Avenue for the crash just after 1:15 a.m.

When officers arrived, they found two vehicles involved in the crash.

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Police believe one vehicle with an adult driver and juvenile passenger was driving the wrong way on Southern Avenue when it hit another car head-on.

The two people in the wrong-way car initially fled the scene, but police later located both of them.

All three people in the two vehicles were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police believe impairment may have been a factor that led to the crash.

Tempe police have not announced what charges, if any, will be filed at this point.

The crash remains under investigation.

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