Suspected impaired driver hurt in fiery crash in Tempe, police say

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — An erratic driver is accused of causing a fiery crash that left him seriously hurt in Tempe early Monday.

Just after 1 a.m., Phoenix police were following a suspected impaired driver near 16th Street and Southern Avenue while waiting for a support helicopter to arrive overhead before trying to stop him.

Police say they continued following the driver eastbound for about six miles before he collided with two other vehicles at the intersection of Southern and Mill Avenue in Tempe…

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