After a 31-year-old man, who led police on a pursuit on three different Valley freeways, crashed a vehicle on Interstate 10, officials shut down the freeway eastbound at Riggs Road and westbound at State Route 587.
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According to the Arizona Department of Transportation, westbound I-10 was shut down at State Route 587 around 6 p.m. Eastbound I-10 was closed at Riggs Road around 7:30 p.m. Both closures were extended late into the night.
ADOT said around 2 a.m. Friday that both directions had reopened.
The closures I-10 in both directions south of Valley are expected to be extended. Detours are in place from Riggs Road EB and SR 587 WB.
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) March 25, 2016
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ABC15 learned Joshua Michael Monigold, 31, was wanted on March 19 after being involved in a hit-and-run incident in Maranaprior to leading Valley enforcement agencies on a chase.
