Holbrook, AZ (June 28, 2018) – Two people died and five people sustained minor injuries in a wrong way car accident on I-40.
A speeding vehicle going the wrong direction on I-40 collided with a passenger van on Thursday. The wrong way vehicle burst into flames on impact. The driver of the passenger van, 35 year-old Kayleen Candelaria died at the scene. The wrong way driver, 72 year-old Craig Allen, also died.
According to officials the passengers of the van were teenagers returning home from a youth group church camp in Oklahoma. Paramedics transported five teens to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The accident occurred on I-40 east of Holbrook near the Hopi Travel Plaza.
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