Overview
- Investigators say a westbound vehicle traveling at high speed rear-ended a car exiting a private drive near Southern Avenue and Dobson Road just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday.
- Officials report the struck vehicle caught fire; on-scene crews observed one car burned and another overturned as responders worked the scene.
- The driver of the speeding vehicle died at the scene, and a juvenile passenger in the rear-ended vehicle was also pronounced dead.
- Several other people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, and three Mesa officers sustained minor injuries while rescuing occupants from the burning vehicle.
- Southern Avenue remained closed for several blocks during scene processing, victim identities had not been released, and police said no charges would be filed.