Phoenix Police detectives are investigating a collision that left one passenger dead and 5 others taken to hospitals.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, on July 5, 2024, around 8:35 p.m., officers responded to an injury collision in the area of 5400 East Pinnacle Peak Road. When officers arrived, they located the two vehicles involved in the collision on fire and being extinguished by Phoenix Fire Fighters. The 6 occupants of the collision were being treated and transported to hospitals. Unfortunately, 53-year-old Juliene Aumani did not survive her injuries and was pronounced deceased a short time after arriving at the hospital.
Detectives believe that a Fiat vehicle operated by 19-year-old female was traveling westbound on Pinnacle Peak Road when it left the roadway hitting some bushes and palo verde trees on the north side easement. The vehicle went back into the roadway and crossed the centerline where it struck the second vehicle a Toyota Corolla that was being operated by a 31-year-old female and occupied by four other adult passengers including victim Juliene. One other passenger in the Toyota was seriously injured but is expected to survive, the remaining three are stable. The driver of the Fiat sustained injuries and was transported to a hospital where she is also expected to survive.
Detectives are investigating if impairment was a factor.