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2 killed in separate crashes on I-40 in Arizona

One person was killed and four were injured in the crash of two semitrailers early Monday, June 27, 2016, on Interstate 40 in Arizona, about 16 miles east of the California state line. (Arizona Department of Safety)
One person was killed and four were injured in the crash of two semitrailers early Monday, June 27, 2016, on Interstate 40 in Arizona, about 16 miles east of the California state line. (Arizona Department of Safety)
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By DAVE HAWKINS SPECIAL TO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
June 27, 2016 - 10:33 am
 

The Arizona Department of Public Safety investigated two fatal crashes that occurred just 5 miles apart on Interstate 40 late Monday and early Sunday.

Agency spokesman Bart Graves said a wrong-way driver was killed in the first crash late Sunday. Graves said the driver was eastbound in the westbound lanes, 11 miles from the California border, at 11:30 p.m. The vehicle crashed into a semitrailer that was loaded with wooden cabinets. The interstate reopened at 3:22 a.m. Monday.

The second crash was reported at 4:47 a.m. Monday, about 16 miles east of the California line. Graves said one person was killed and four others were injured when one westbound semitrailer rear-ended another. The westbound lanes were closed for five hours. One lane reopened at 9:50 a.m.

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