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Christen Ebert, 26, Richard Chum, 30, Gary Sindhu, 29, and Kouang Saefong, 30, were killed after wrong-way driver Carlos Quinones, 19, collides his Jeep head-on with their Nissan on I-17 in Arizona
Victims of fatal I-17 wrong-way crash near Flagstaff identified
Christopher Mccrory, The Republic | azcentral.com
Updated 5:01 p.m. MT Aug. 19, 2017
The four victims of a fatal wrong-way collision early Friday on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff have been identified.
Christen Ebert, 26, Richard Chum, 30, Gary Sindhu, 29, and Kouang Saefong, 30, were traveling north along I-17 south of Munds Park at approximately 4 a.m. when their Nissan collided with a Jeep that was driving the wrong way, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
All four were declared dead at the scene.
Ebert and Chum were from Stockton, California. Sindhu was from Lodi, California, and Saefong was from San Francisco.
The driver of the Jeep, Carlos Quinones, 19, of Casa Grande, was injured and taken to Flagstaff Medical Center for treatment. The extent of his injuries has not been disclosed.
DPS officials said the investigation into the crash was ongoing.
The crash shut down I-17 for several hours, and backups lingered in the northbound lanes until late morning.
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Four people were killed in a wrong-way crash early Friday on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The accident happened about 4 a.m., two miles south of Munds Park, DPS said.
A vehicle that was traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-17 crashed head-on with a second vehicle that was heading north, DPS said.
Four people in the second vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene, DPS said.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was injured and transported to a hospital. The extent of the driver's injuries was not available Friday evening.
DPS said late Friday the investigation was continuing.
The accident shut I-17 in the area for several hours, and backups lingered in the northbound lanes until late morning.
The Arizona Department of Transportation this week began installing a wrong-way detection system in the Phoenix area along I-17.