Overview
- Officers and firefighters responded around 1:30–1:45 a.m. near Indian School Road by 61st–63rd avenues in Maryvale.
- Two severely damaged vehicles were found at the scene of the collision.
- Police say the driver of one vehicle fled on foot, leaving behind an adult male passenger who was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
- An adult man and an adult woman from the second vehicle were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
- Investigators report preliminary evidence that the fleeing driver crossed into oncoming traffic; Indian School Road was temporarily closed during the probe, and it remains unknown whether speed or impairment were factors.