MESA, AZ — Two men were killed in an early morning crash along US 60 in East Mesa Wednesday.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the collision occurred around 2:40 a.m., involving two vehicles in the eastbound lanes of US 60 near Sossaman Road, near the Loop 202 interchange.
Witnesses say a sedan driving at a high rate of speed reportedly struck the back of a pickup truck, causing the truck to roll several times. Two men in the truck, a driver and a passenger, were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
The two men who were killed have been identified as 60-year-old Enrique Delgado Macias and 33-year-old Cesar Sanchez Mier, both from Phoenix. DPS says neither victim had a seatbelt on at the time of the crash.
Officials say the driver of the vehicle that struck the truck, identified by DPS as Kimball Anthony Pardini, was taken to the hospital for treatment and is suspected of being impaired at the time of the crash.
Pardini, 27, has since been booked into a Maricopa County jail.
According to court paperwork, Pardini had a BAC of .097 approximately three hours and 40 minutes after the crash. Pardini told DPS that the truck changed lanes in front of his vehicle and caused the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
