PHOENIX — DPS identified the driver of a vehicle going the wrong-way killed in a crash early Saturday morning as 31-year-old Josafath Rubio-Hernandez of Laveen.
Authorities received a call of a wrong-way driver around 3 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle was going north in the southbound lanes of the Loop 202 near Ray Road.
The wrong-way driver crashed into a second vehicle on the Loop 202 near Elliot Road, killing one person, the driver of the wrong-way vehicle, DPS said.
DPS is investigating the incident.
Wrong-way driving detection systems are planned for the South Mountain Freeway.
ADOT says thermal cameras are planning to be installed along with traffic cameras.
ADOT has been testing a pilot program on Interstate 17 between Interstate 10 and the Loop 101 involving sensors, thermal cameras, and flashing signs for about two years now.
As for if any additional systems from the pilot program will be installed on the South Mountain Freeway, ADOT said it will depend on their evaluation of the pilot program on the I-17.