SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One 94-year-old man is dead and another is in the hospital following a three-vehicle crash in Scottsdale Sunday afternoon, the Scottsdale Police Department said.
Officials said that the crash happened around 10:30 a.m. near McDowell and Scottsdale Roads.
Police said Donald Detzler was making a left turn to go into a private drive near Paul’s Ace Hardware. While turning left, his vehicle was hit by another vehicle going southbound on Scottsdale Road.
Officials said the vehicle that collided with Detzler’s vehicle continued southwest and hit a USPS van that was stopped in the same private drive Detzler was trying to turn into. Detzler was transported to the hospital but did not survive, police said.
Police said the other vehicle's driver was transported to the hospital as a precaution. The driver of the USPS vehicle was not seriously injured.
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