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Man hit, killed by cars after jumping from Greyhound bus on I-17
BLACK CANYON CITY, Ariz. - The southbound lanes of Interstate 17 near Sunset Point north of Phoenix have reopened following a deadly accident, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
According to DPS, the crash happened on April 12 when a man was hit by multiple vehicles in the southbound lanes. His identity was not released.
"A man acting irrationally onboard a southbound greyhound bus managed to open the emergency hatch in one of the windows and jumped out of the moving bus onto Interstate 17 at Sunset Point," DPS spokesman Bart Graves said. "He was struck several times by passing vehicles and was pronounced deceased on scene.
Southbound I-17 has reopened at milepost 252.
Credit: ADOT
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