PHOENIX — A woman is dead after a crash on SR-51 near Northern Avenue early Sunday morning.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say they were called to the crash just before 12:30 a.m.
Once troopers arrived, they found one vehicle, a red Ford Mustang, involved in the crash.
DPS says a woman, 18-year-old Gianna Jael Lopez of Washington, died after she was ejected from the vehicle. It is believed she was not wearing her seat belt.
Another passenger was ejected during the crash and was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver, a 20-year-old man from New River, Arizona, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, DPS said.
DPS says impairment has not yet been ruled out.
The investigation remains ongoing.
