Arizona Department of Public Safety

In light of three fatal wrong-way collisions that occurred within a week’s time, Arizona law enforcement and transportation officials have decided to hold an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the problem.

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• Car Accident
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Coconico County Bans Cell Phone Use After several years of discussion and work, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution to ban the use of cell phones while operating a motor vehicle in an attempt to make the roads safer.

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• Bus Accident
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• Car Accident
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• Motorcycle Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Truck Accident
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DPS v. Distracted Driving Efforts to target and curb distracted driving in the state of Arizona were put into practice from April 10th-15th.

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• Car Accident
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• Motorcycle Accident
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• Pedestrian Accident
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• Personal Injury
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• Truck Accident
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Driver Arrested in Car Crash that Killed Phoenix Woman A woman riding in a car traveling down a Phoenix interstate was hit and killed by multiple vehicles after being thrown from the Chevrolet Malibu she was riding in into oncoming traffic from an initial car crash.

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• Car Accident
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The Loop 101 Eastbound was shut down as a result of two serious crashes, one involving a motorcycle, and one involving a Phoenix police officer in a car.

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• Car Accident
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• Motorcycle Accident
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1 dead, 2 hurt in fiery freeway truck crash caused by dropped gas canisters A man was killed and two people were hospitalized when a flatbed truck dropped several canisters containing a mix of freon and other gases, creating a chain reaction crash while driving on Interstate 17 near Thomas Road.

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• Truck Accident
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First time cyclist killed by car was determined to finish El Tour de Tucson cyclist John Henderson, 59, was killed when a car struck him from behind.

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• Bicycle Accidents
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• Car Accident
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• Personal Injury
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Stryker parents and son die in head-first car crash Sixteen-year-old Travis Stryker and his parents, James and Rebecca Stryker, were killed when a Chevrolet sedan traveling southbound along a highway north of Flagstaff, Arizona, crossed the center divider line, colliding first with a Honda sedan and then head-first into the family’s Dodge van.

Topics:
• Car Accident
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• Crossing Accidents
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