28-year-old Elizabeth McAloon was pronounced dead at the crash site. Her 7-year-old daughter was transported to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Apache Junction, Ariz. – Authorities have identified the woman killed in a wrong-way collision that also left her 7-year-old daughter with serious injuries on Highway 60 in Apache Junction Saturday night.
The deadly crash happened at around 9:30 p.m. on January 20 on Highway 60 near Mountain View Road.
28-year-old Elizabeth McAloon was pronounced dead at the crash site. Her 7-year-old daughter was transported to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The wrong-way driver remains hospitalized.
ORIGINAL STORY
Apache Junction, Ariz. – One person was killed and two others injured in a wrong-way collision in Apache Junction on Saturday night, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
The accident happened at about 9:30 p.m. on US 60 near Mountain View Road.
The troopers said a truck driver was heading east in the westbound lanes of US 60 when they collided head-on with an oncoming sports vehicle.
The woman driving the sports vehicle and her daughter were taken to a hospital, where the woman died.
The daughter was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The wrong-way driver was also transported with serious injuries.
It's unclear whether impairment was a factor in the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
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