PHOENIX — One man is dead and another is seriously hurt after a crash on Interstate 17 and Indian School Road Friday night.
Officials say the crash happened around 10:30 p.m., when 30-year-old Daniel Jacobs ran a red light while driving eastbound on Indian School Road. Jacobs' vehicle crashed into a truck before crashing through a chain link fence and dropping onto southbound I-17. A truck driving on I-17 then crashed into Jacobs' vehicle. Jacobs' was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Police say the other vehicle involved in the initial crash rolled and the driver had to be extricated from his truck. The driver, only identified at this time as a 29-year-old man remains in the hospital in critical condition.
No injuries have been reported for the driver of the truck involved in the crash on I-17.
The incident remains under investigation.
