A Sunday evening crash at the intersection of Bell Road and 12th Street in north Phoenix left a motorcyclist dead and another driver injured after the bike erupted in flames, authorities said.
Emergency crews arrived to find the motorcycle on fire and rushed the rider to a hospital, where he later died. Another driver was also taken to the hospital with injuries that officials say are not believed to be life-threatening.
According to Arizona’s Family, officers responded to reports just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday that a motorcycle had caught fire following a collision with two other vehicles. The Phoenix Police Department told the outlet the motorcycle rider was transported and later pronounced dead, while the driver of the first struck vehicle is expected to survive.
Crash Snarls Traffic On A Key Bell Road Corridor
Bell Road is one of the Valley’s main east-west arterials and has been the site of multiple serious collisions in recent weeks, according to the Phoenix Police Department’s media advisories page. That archive lists a string of fatal collision notices, including an earlier crash that shut down Bell Road at 12th Street, and it helps explain why investigators treat wrecks at this intersection so carefully…