1 DEAD, SEVERAL
INJURED IN HIGH-SPEED, FIERY, HEAD-ON CAR CRASH IN SOUTH PHOENIX. SOME PEOPLE HAVE A DEATH WISH.
February 9, 2015
PHOENIX,
ARIZONA –
One
person was killed in a high-speed, fiery, head-on car crash in South Phoenix
and a woman was saved when bystanders pulled her from one of the vehicles
moments before it burst into flames.
It
happened at about midnight Sunday at 7th Avenue and Elwood Street. There were
two vehicles involved in the collision.
A
woman in her mid-thirties, who was in the vehicle that burned, would have died
if she was not rescued by the civilians, according to Capt. Aaron Ernsberger
with the Phoenix Fire Department.
"Without
a doubt they saved their life. We'd like to find them and thank them and shake
their hand and tell them how much we appreciate them," said Capt.
Ernsberger. "I walked by the vehicle and it was completely burned out
on the inside to point to where the steering wheel is missing so it was a very
hot fire obviously unsurvivable."
The
person who was killed was a man in his forties who was driving the vehicle that
did not catch on fire. A woman and ten-year-old boy, who were in the vehicle
with the man, were taken to a hospital in serious condition.
They
were trapped in the vehicle and Phoenix Fire crews had to use extrication tools
to rescue them.
The
woman, who was in the car that burned, was also taken to a hospital. She is
also in serious condition.
Investigators
from the Phoenix Police Department are working to determine the cause of the
crash.
The
names of those involved have not been released.