Overview

• Troopers received a call around 1 a.m. Tuesday about a wrong-way driver on eastbound I-40 near Flagstaff after a deputy saw the pickup cross the median.
• The vehicle corrected course, accelerated past 100 mph, struck a guardrail, rolled several times, and crashed into a tree.
• Investigators said the impact was so severe the steering wheel broke off and was found about 50 feet from the truck.
• A 13-year-old driver and an 11-year-old passenger were hospitalized with injuries described as not life-threatening.
• Hospital testing measured the driver's BAC at 0.183, DPS says the pickup had been reported stolen and fled police earlier, and no charges have been announced as the investigation continues.