DPS said a Subaru SUV operated by 44-year-old Joseph Rollins of Phoenix was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it sideswiped a Hyundai passenger vehicle in the number one lane, before colliding head-on with a Kia passenger vehicle.
Phoenix, AZ. – 21-year-old Emma Huckleberry has been identified as the person killed in a head-on collision on early Monday morning in Phoenix.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the fatal accident occurred at about 12:03 a.m. August 11, on westbound Loop 202 (South Mountain) at 24th Street near milepost 1, between Washington Street and Priest Drive.
DPS said a Subaru SUV operated by 44-year-old Joseph Rollins of Phoenix was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it sideswiped a Hyundai passenger vehicle in the number one lane, before colliding head-on with a Kia passenger vehicle.
The Subaru overturned and came to a rest on its roof following the collision while Kia came to rest on the right shoulder against the concrete wall.
Huckleberry, the Kia driver, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rollins was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
He was later arrested and booked on second-degree homicide charges related to the accident as well as a probation warrant. Authorities said his BAC was 0.246 at the time of the accident.
The Hyundai was found abandoned west of the accident scene. The driver fled the crash site.
The accident closed westbound Loop 202 at Center Parkway. It has since been reopened.
The authorities are still searching for the Hyundai driver who fled the scene.
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