PHOENIX — One person is dead and two are injured due to a three-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck in Phoenix Monday evening.
Phoenix police said just after 5:30 p.m., a 40-year-old man was driving a pick-up truck at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the back of an SUV at a red light on 35th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
The collision forced both vehicles into the intersection, crashing into a semi-truck. All three vehicles caught on fire, police said.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead on the scene. The drivers of the pickup truck and semi-truck were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Officials said the pick-up truck's speeding was a contributing factor to the crash.
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