PHOENIX — On Sunday at 1:12 am, there was a three-vehicle, single fatality collision that occurred on westbound State Route 202 at milepost 2.
A Dodge Neon avoided a vehicle that was stopped, blocking the HOV lane but lost control and collided with the right guard rail. After colliding with the guard rail, the Dodge Neon went back into the travel lanes and collided with another vehicle.
The driver of the Dodge Neon was ejected during the occurrence of events as a third vehicle struck the Dodge Neon driver. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
One person is dead after a crash on the Loop 202 in central Phoenix Sunday morning.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the driver of a Dodge Neon swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle blocking the HOV lane but lost control and struck a guard rail near 44th Street.
The victim's vehicle then collided with a second car before the driver was ejected and hit by a third vehicle.
The victim of the crash has not yet been identified.
It's not yet clear if anyone else was hurt in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.
The westbound lanes of Loop 202 were closed for several hours for the investigation, but they have since reopened.
The crash came just hours after a deadly wrong-way crash further east on the Loop 202 near Recker Road.
