PHOENIX — A Mesa man has died after he stopped to assist people involved in a crash on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway near 32nd Street, authorities said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation said the lanes were closed early Sunday morning due to a crash. Phoenix firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the crash around 4:15 a.m. for reports of a multi-vehicle crash. When crews arrived, they found five vehicles involved.
No individuals needed to be extricated, but four people were transported to the hospital, Phoenix fire said.
One vehicle involved in an earlier hit-and-run crash in the area of Interstate 17 at Durango was involved in another single-vehicle crash in the area of eastbound State Route 202 at 32nd Street.
Two people stopped on the scene to assist with the crash and while assisting, one person was struck and killed, DPS said.
That good Samaritan has been identified as 34-year-old Douglas Scott Hunt of Mesa, DPS said.
The investigation is ongoing. DPS said impairment is being investigated as a possible factor.
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