PHOENIX — One person is dead and two others are seriously hurt after a wrong-way crash Saturday morning on Interstate 17 in north Phoenix.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says they received the call just before 4 a.m. for the crash on I-17 near Dove Valley Road.
When troopers arrived, they found a vehicle had been traveling northbound in the southbound lanes.
They believe the vehicle had been traveling the wrong way for about five miles.
Karyn Trevino was on her way to work when she passed the wrong-way driver. She believes she was the first to call 911, just before 4 a.m.
"I was really shaky when on the phone with DPS. I didn't know what to think and do at the moment. But I figured I'm going to get as far away from this as possible," she said. "The 17 is by far the worst freeway I've ever driven."
Video from the scene shows that the car appears to have hit an airport shuttle.
Those involved in the crash have not been identified.
It's not clear if the individual who died was in the wrong-way vehicle or in the vehicle that was hit.
Southbound I-17 was closed as DPS investigated the crash, but it has since reopened.
