PD: Wrong-way driver causes deadly crash in Prescott
(Prescott Police Department)
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - One person was killed after police say a wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle in Prescott.
According to Prescott Police, a 38-year-old man driving a pickup truck was going west in the eastbound lane of State Route 89A near Granite Dells Parkway just before 1 a.m. on August 5 and crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing the 28-year-old driver.
(Prescott Police Department)
The suspect suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital.
The victim's name has not been released.
"At this point it is believed that impairment may have been a factor in this crash," police said in a statement.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact them at 928-777-1988.
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