2 die after truck with fake license plate crashes in Arizona

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Two people were killed after a crash Thursday on Interstate 10 outside of Tucson that involved a pickup truck with a fake license plate, authorities said.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said a state trooper unsuccessfully tried to stop the truck around 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

The driver exited the freeway near Mescal and lost control of the truck and it rolled into the emergency lane adjacent to a ramp, according to authorities.

DPS officials said two of the three people in the truck were pronounced dead at the scene. The other person was airlifted to a Tucson hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries.

DPS officials didn’t immediately release the names and ages of the two people who died.