Overview

• Troopers say 21-year-old Turatsinze Gadi of Avondale is booked on second-degree murder, aggravated assault, endangerment, and failure to stay at the scene of an accident involving death.
• DPS reports a pickup struck a Toyota Corolla on I-10 near 67th Avenue just before 8 p.m. Sunday, sending the car into the median with five people inside.
• A 6-year-old girl was taken to a hospital and later died, and a 4-year-old passenger was hospitalized in stable condition, according to DPS.
• Witnesses told investigators the pickup was speeding and weaving before the collision, and court paperwork cites blood results showing a 0.219 BAC and a positive test for THC.
• DPS says the driver left the scene, stopped near a QuikTrip after continuing onto Loop 202, and was arrested; the freeway was reopened by Monday morning as the investigation continues.