One person is dead after a crash involving a car hauler trailer along Interstate 17 just north of the Valley.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. Monday along northbound I-17 near Pioneer Road.
Investigators learned a Dodge pickup truck was traveling northbound hauling a trailer loaded with five used vehicles. For an unknown reason, the truck drifted off the roadway and into a culvert, colliding with a concrete wall.
The impact of the crash broke the hitch of the trailer, causing it to move forward and crushed the cab of the truck. Two of the vehicles on the trailer came off of the trailer, with one landing on the hood of the pickup truck.
The driver of the truck, 31-year-old Alvaro Casadiego of Miami, Florida, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 20-month-old boy was pulled from the truck with only cuts and scrapes.
UPDATE: EXPECT DELAYS I-17 NB
— Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) August 30, 2021
I-17 NB near Daisy Mountain Dr.: Center and right lanes closed for a crash. Only the left lane is open.
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