PHOENIX — Two people are dead and one other is hurt after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 17 near Jefferson Street in Phoenix early Thursday morning.
The collision happened before 2 a.m. in the northbound lanes of traffic.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials told ABC15 crews at the scene that the crash was deadly, with the wrong-way driver being one of the people who was killed. She has been identified by authorities as 23-year-old Maria Vazquez of Glendale.
A passenger in the vehicle that was struck was also killed. That person has been identified as 29-year-old Dayana Viola Aguilar. The driver of the vehicle that was struck was seriously hurt.
Video from the scene showed the wrong-way vehicle just moments before the collision. It appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed, pacing other vehicles who were traveling in the same direction in their correct lanes of travel.
See part of that video in the player below:
The roadway was closed for several hours but reopened around 5 a.m.
