By Associated Press - Saturday, March 17, 2018

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities say a wrong-way driver is dead and another driver injured following a crash on a Tempe freeway.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the wrong-way vehicle was eastbound in westbound lanes of State Route 202 near Scottsdale Road when the crash occurred early Saturday morning.

The DPS says the wrong-way driver was dead at the scene and that the other driver’s injuries aren’t life-threatening.



No identities were released.

The freeway’s westbound lanes have reopened after being closed several hours.

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