TEMPE, AZ — One person is dead and another is seriously hurt after a chain-reaction crash early Sunday morning on the Loop 202 in Tempe.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says three vehicles were involved in the series of crashes that took place around 3 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the freeway near Scottsdale Road.
The first crash involved a white passenger vehicle that rear-ended a gray Honda SUV.
As the cars were still in the traffic lanes, a gray Audi passenger vehicle struck the Honda.
Then, a gray Ford passenger vehicle struck the Audi, the Honda, and two people who were outside of their vehicles after the first collisions.
DPS says the third crash in the series killed one person, 55-year-old Rachel Marie Moss of Chandler, who was driving the Audi. Another person was seriously hurt.
It's not yet clear if anyone will face charges in connection to the crashes.
The crash remains under investigation.
