MESA, AZ — A Mesa family is grieving after a suspected impaired driver struck them on the side of U.S. 60, killing an 82-year-old woman and seriously injuring two others.
Javier Valenzuela says his family is living through a real-world nightmare. Less than a week ago, four of his family members were involved in a crash on the side of U.S. 60 at Higley Road.
His grandmother, Ruth Acuna de Valenzuela, was killed on impact when an out-of-control driver struck them around 1 a.m. The family had two cars at the scene after others came to help change a flat tire on the roadside gravel…