Phoenix Police detectives are investigating a three-car collision that resulted in a man’s death and two others to be hospitalized.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, on July 20, 2024, around 9:15 p.m., officers responded to the area 19th Avenue and Bethany Home Road regarding a multiple vehicle collision that resulted in serious injuries. When officers arrived, they located three adults with injuries. An adult male driver of one of the vehicles and an adult female driver of another vehicle both had serious injuries and were transported to a nearby hospital. The woman remains in the hospital in critical condition, while the man was pronounced deceased. Another adult from the collision was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released from medical care.
Detectives believe that a vehicle traveling westbound on Bethany Home Road collided with another vehicle after that second vehicle made a westbound turn onto Bethany Home Road from 19th Avenue. Both vehicles were displaced into oncoming traffic causing a second collision with a third vehicle traveling eastbound on Bethany Home Road. The man that suffered the fatal injury was the driver of this third vehicle.
Impairment is not believed to be a factor in the collision at this time. Speed does appear to be a factor in the collision. Charging decisions will be made once the accident reconstruction process is complete.