PHOENIX — A teenager is dead and six other family members were hospitalized after a two-car wrong-way crash in north Phoenix.
The crash happened near 32nd Street and Greenway Road just after 8 a.m. Sunday.
The teenager, identified by a family friend as 13-year-old Josiah Boteilho, was taken to the hospital where he later died. Four other children and two adults were also taken to the hospital.
Phoenix police say a pickup truck was going south on 31st Street and failed to stop at a stop sign on Greenway Road. The driver was allegedly driving the wrong way when the crash happened.
The truck driver, 36-year-old Bartolome Godinez-Perez, stayed on the scene and allegedly showed signs of impairment. According to court paperwork Godinez-Perez had a .256 BAC after the crash, which is more than three times the legal limit.
Godinez-Perez faces five counts of endangerment, one count of manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A GoFundMe has been set up to support the victims and their family.
