An early Monday crash on northbound Interstate 17 near Pinnacle Peak Road left a Phoenix woman dead and brought traffic to a standstill, as fire crews and state troopers flooded the scene and shut down the northbound lanes for an extended investigation.
What we know so far
Video and reporting from 12News showed emergency crews working the scene in the northbound lanes near Pinnacle Peak Road and identified the victim as a Phoenix woman. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is handling the investigation, and Phoenix Fire personnel responded to the crash, according to ABC15. Officials have not released the woman’s name or an official cause of the collision and have cautioned that it could take time for troopers to reconstruct what happened before more details are made public.
Where it happened and traffic impacts
The I-17 and Pinnacle Peak Road interchange has seen serious collisions before, as past coverage by FOX10 Phoenix shows. In the broader corridor, the Arizona Department of Transportation…..