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Pickup traveling against traffic hits car at downtown Phoenix intersection
A mother and her 6- or 7-year-old daughter were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck traveling the wrong way on Washington Street struck their car near 18th Street. The pickup’s driver was also hospitalized and is expected to survive; police have not said whether impairment was involved.
A mother and her young daughter were critically injured Wednesday morning when a pickup truck traveling the wrong way on Washington Street collided with their car near 18th Street in downtown Phoenix, police said.
Phoenix police Sgt. Sheree Lee said the pickup was heading east on Washington Street, a one-way road that carries westbound traffic, when it struck the family’s car as they traveled south on 18th Street.
The mother and daughter were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The girl is 6 or 7 years old, Lee said. The pickup driver was also hospitalized and is expected to survive.
Police had not determined whether the driver was impaired. No further information about the crash or the people involved was immediately available.