PHOENIX — The passenger in a rideshare car is dead after a crash with a DPS trooper on I-10 just after midnight on Sunday morning.
Captain Alan Haywood with the Department of Public Safety said that authorities responded to reports of a car fire near I-10 and Guadalupe Road in Guadalupe.
Troopers and fire crews found the car and were able to extinguish the flames. The three people who were in that car were standing on the side of the road, officials said.
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While the trooper was parked with their lights on to secure the roadway, a Hyundai rideshare car crashed into the back of that patrol car, pushing it into the three people who were on the roadside.
The DPS trooper, the three bystanders, and the two people in the rideshare car were taken to the hospital, Captain Haywood said.
Although most of their injuries were minor, the passenger of the rideshare car later died at the hospital. The deceased passenger has been identified as 33-year-old Katie TerBeest of Tempe.
DPS said impairment is not suspected of being a causing factor in the crash and no criminal charges are pending at this time.
The injured trooper is in good condition and recovering from his injuries, DPS said.
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