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Wrong-way collision on Loop 303 near Bell Road kills driver, injures another

A driver died and a wrong-way driver was hospitalized after a head-on crash on the northbound Loop 303 in Surprise late Tuesday. The freeway reopened around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday after an overnight closure.

Wrong-way collision on Loop 303 near Bell Road kills driver, injures another
One driver was killed and another hospitalized after a wrong-way driver struck a vehicle head-on on the northbound Loop 303 near Bell Road in Surprise late Tuesday, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Dispatchers began receiving 911 calls just after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, about a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the freeway near Grand Avenue. Before troopers arrived, another caller reported the collision near Bell Road. The vehicle driven by the wrong-way driver caught fire and overturned, DPS said. Bystanders pulled that driver from the vehicle. The driver was taken to a hospital; their condition was not known. The other driver died at the scene and had not been identified as of Wednesday morning. DPS said charges against the wrong-way driver were pending. All northbound lanes were closed overnight and reopened at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.

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