PHOENIX — A crash that killed two people shut down the area of 35th and Grand avenues in Phoenix Tuesday morning.
Video from the scene showed a tractor-trailer was one of the vehicles involved in the crash, along with another vehicle that was severely damaged.
Phoenix police say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it struck the large truck and trailer around 7 a.m.
Police say two people in the car died in the crash. They have been identified as 28-year-old Aaron Soto and 28-year-old Angel Loera.
During an investigation, detectives learned Soto was driving northwest on Grand Ave. with Loera as his passenger. Witnesses saw the car traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the back of a semi-truck.
The driver of the semi was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and showed no signs of impairment, according to police.
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An investigation remains ongoing.
An online fundraiser had been set up to help support Loera's family.
