GLENDALE, AZ — One person is dead and another is in custody after a reported DUI crash along Grand Avenue in Glendale.
The crash occurred before 5 a.m. on January 12 near Bethany Home Road.
Video from the scene showed one vehicle that was on its side off the roadway and another car with front-end damage.
Court paperwork shows that the driver of a Mercedes was speeding northwest on Grand Avenue, driving at least 100 miles per hour, according to one witness.
The Mercedes rear-ended a taxi near 51st and Grand avenues. The impact pushed the taxi off the road and into the median. It then rolled until it finally stopped on its driver's side.
The witness who had just seen the Mercedes then came upon the crash and saw the driver of the Mercedes flee the scene.
That person tried rendering aid to the taxi driver, but Glendale Fire pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
That victim has not been identified.
The driver of the Mercedes was found by officers close to a nearby school, according to court paperwork.
He's now facing charges of reckless manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident, and DUI.
