A man died early Saturday after his vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier at the Interstate 10 exit at 3rd Street in downtown Phoenix, according to police. Officers and firefighters arrived just before 3 a.m. to find the single-vehicle wreck near the Phoenix Center for the Arts. The driver was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries and later died. His name has not yet been released.
Police told Arizona’s Family that officers were dispatched around 3 a.m. and found a vehicle that had hit a barrier on 3rd Street at the freeway exit, just off the downtown arts corridor. The man was the only person in the vehicle, was critically hurt at the scene and died at the hospital. Investigators are still piecing together what happened in the moments leading up to the crash.
Where It Happened
The collision took place on the ramp area that connects 3rd Street to eastbound I-10, a short but busy connector that cuts past Margaret T. Hance Park and several cultural venues. The Phoenix Center for the Arts lists its downtown campus at 1202 N. 3rd Street, directly across from the freeway entrance and serving as a neighborhood landmark along the edge of downtown.
Investigation Underway
Phoenix police told Arizona’s Family that detectives are still working to determine what caused the vehicle to leave its path and hit the barrier. The crash involved only the one vehicle, and the department has not released the driver’s identity…