PHOENIX — Three people were taken to hospitals after an early morning crash near 19th Avenue and Vineyard Road in Phoenix.
The collision occurred around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, while officers were investigating a vehicle with a stolen license plate. Before a traffic stop could be attempted, the vehicle crashed into another at the intersection.
Phoenix Fire officials originally said a woman was in extremely critical condition after the crash and two men were in critical condition. Police later said that all of the patients were expected to survive.
No one was believed to have been wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, according to preliminary information.
Police say the driver of the suspect vehicle, only identified as a man, will be booked into jail when he is released from the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing.
