PHOENIX — A woman is dead and a police investigation is underway after a head-on crash in north Phoenix Wednesday evening, city police said.
The crash happened Wednesday evening near 35th Avenue and West Greenway Road. 78-year-old Shokriya Raies was taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition where she later died, police said.
A woman in her 40s was also hospitalized in critical condition alongside an adult male who was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Detectives believe that the man failed to yield the right of way and turned out in front of the Raies and the other woman's car. Authorities don't think impairment played a part in the crash.
Additional details about the crash are still under investigation.
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