Overview

• DPS says a pickup struck a sedan on eastbound I-10 near 67th Avenue Sunday night, sending the car into the median; a 6-year-old later died and a 4-year-old was hospitalized in stable condition.
• Authorities identified the driver as 21-year-old Turatsinze Gadi of Avondale, who fled the scene and was arrested at a nearby QuikTrip after stopping about two miles from the crash.
• Court records report a 0.219 blood alcohol concentration and a positive test for THC, with witnesses describing the pickup speeding and weaving before impact.
• Gadi was booked on multiple felonies including second-degree homicide/murder, aggravated assault, endangerment, and failure to remain at the scene of a fatal collision.
• Troopers say the pickup hit the Corolla’s rear right corner, causing significant passenger-side damage, and the case now proceeds through Maricopa County courts.