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Three dead, including mother and son, in 4-vehicle crash on State Route 87
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Mother, son killed in Payson wrong-way crash
Loved ones gathered to remember a mother and son who died in a wrong-way crash on State Route 87 last week.
PAYSON, Ariz. - A vehicle crossed the center line of State Route 87 north of Payson, starting a chain-reaction collision in which three people were killed Friday night, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
A white Ford truck heading southbound had crossed the center line on April 16, colliding first with two oncoming vehicles near milepost 259. The wrong-way driver then hit another white truck driving south, sending it careening across the northbound lanes and down a hill in a nearby canyon.
Updated: 2:46 PM MST April 21, 2021
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. A Scottsdale man is facing serious charges including three counts of manslaughter after he allegedly caused a crash near Payson that killed three people, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says.
According to DPS, a four vehicle crash on April 16 on State Route 87, just northwest of Payson, resulted in the deaths of three people.
DPS says a white Ford pickup was going south on SR 87 when it moved left of center and into the northbound lane and sidewiped a Dodge pickup truck and a white Ford SUV that were going north. A second white Ford pickup was going south on SR 87 and crashed into the first Ford pickup that caused the crashes.
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SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - A man has been arrested in connection with the death of his mother in San Tan Valley, Pinal County Sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
They said deputies were called to the scene around 10 a.m. Wednesday after a woman was found dead inside her home.
She was later identified as 56-year-old Gladis Mophecha.
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