GILBERT, AZ — One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital after a crash early Thursday morning in Gilbert.
Gilbert police say it happened just after 2 a.m. near Williams Field and Recker roads.
Officials say the crash happened when 23-year-old Harrison Ward was driving the wrong way on Williams Field Road at a high rate of speed. He crashed head-on into a four-door passenger car.
The driver of the car, identified as 20-year-old Anastasia Dombrowski, died at the scene.
Ward was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. He was later booked for second degree murder and aggravated DUI.
The intersection of Williams Field and Recker was closed for several hours but has since reopened.
This crash remains under investigation.
It's the second deadly crash reported in the East Valley Thursday morning. An hour before this crash, another was reported near Crismon Road and University Drive.
