30-Year-Old Man Runs Away from Deadly Accident 30-year-old Aaron Powell was arrested on suspicion of running away from a car accident that left one person dead.
The Arizona Department of Transportation’s wrong-way driver detection system is now considered award winning. The system, which was installed along a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 17 in Phoenix, is the first of its kind in the U.
Since 2013, the number of Americans killed each year in wrong-way crashes has increased more than 38 percent. Arizona is looking into a new way to combat those incidents: thermal cameras.
This past week a mother of wrong-way driving accident victim accepted her daughter’s diploma in her honor. Mother of Wrong-Way Crash Victim Accepts Diploma in Daughter’s Honor Kelsey Richardson, age 18, was in Arizona visiting her sister, Karli, 20 were killed in a wrong-way collision on their way to see the sunrise at the Grand Canyon.
In early March, aspiring 18-year-old singer Keli May Rutledge died as the result of injuries sustained during a car crash. According to police, the driver of the other vehicle, Emilio Deleon, may have been impaired.