PHOENIX — A man is dead and five other people are hurt after a crash early Sunday morning in west Phoenix.
Phoenix police say it happened near 35th Avenue and Van Buren Street around 5:15 a.m.
When first responders arrived, they found two vehicles involved, with one of the vehicles rolled over. Two people needed to be extricated out of their vehicles.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene. He has since been identified as 20-year-old Sergio De Le Torre Quintero.
Five other people were taken to the hospital.
Phoenix fire officials say one of those people was a teenage girl.
Phoenix police are investigating what led up to the crash.
They believe De Le Torre Quintero was driving west on Van Buren when he ran the red light at 35th Avenue and struck the other vehicle involved, which was traveling north.
Speed and impairment are both believed to be factors in the crash.
The intersection has reopened to traffic.
The crash remains under investigation.
