PHOENIX — The westbound lanes of Loop 202 have reopened north of Sky Harbor after a deadly crash involving multiple vehicles Sunday morning.
Officials say the incident happened just before 5 a.m. when a driver going westbound on Loop 202 lost control of their car. The vehicle crashed into the median wall at 40th Street, spun, and stopped facing the wrong way.
The driver left the area on foot and still has not been located.
A series of crashes happened after the initial incident.
Officials say a woman stopped her vehicle on the right shoulder, presumably to check on any injuries from the first crash. While she was out of her vehicle, another driver attempted to swerve away from the first vehicle and hit the woman, who later died at the hospital.
Another crash happened when a tire from the first vehicle came off and went into the eastbound lanes. No injuries were reported from that crash.
Officials say another vehicle then crashed into the first vehicle. No injuries were reported from that crash.
Shortly after, there was another crash involving three vehicles. Nobody was injured in that crash, though one of the drivers was arrested for DUI.
The westbound lanes were closed until just after 11 a.m.
The Department of Public Safety initially reported that the incident was a wrong-way crash, but has since clarified that was not the case.
This incident remains under investigation.
