MESA (AZFamily) — Three people are dead after a fiery wrong-way crash on an East Valley freeway over the weekend, the Arizona Department of Public Safety confirmed on Monday.
Troopers responded to a crash in the eastbound HOV lane of Loop 202 near McDowell Road just after 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, and found two vehicles engulfed in flames. Once crews extinguished the fires, first responders found two people dead in one vehicle and one person dead in the other.
Troopers have since identified the two vehicles involved as a 2019 Kia Sorento SUV and a 2003 Toyota Matrix Station Wagon, while the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner is working to identify the three victims…