On Sunday, August 28, 2022, at approximately 9:28 a.m., a three-vehicle fatal collision occurred on eastbound Interstate 40 at milepost 328, near Sanders. Eastbound traffic was slowing and/or stopped in the area for a previous collision blocking the roadway. The driver of a commercial tractor-trailer failed to stop for the slowing traffic and collided with the back of a school bus.
Incident Log
On Sunday, August 21, 2022, at approximately 4:35 a.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers received notification of a wrong-way vehicle traveling eastbound on westbound Interstate 10 at milepost 153, near Broadway Road in Tempe.
Sunday, August 21, 2022
On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at approximately 7:38 p.m., an AZDPS trooper attempted to stop a white Dodge Challenger on Interstate 10 near Interstate 17 in Phoenix. The Dodge Challenger continued south on I-17, exiting at Grant Street and striking a concrete divider.
The suspect driver fled on foot, shot at the trooper, and the trooper returned fire. The suspect fired rounds at a second and third trooper in the area.
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Protests over the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade brought an estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people to the Arizona State Capitol Complex in Phoenix on Friday, June 24, 2022.
Friday, June 24, 2022
On Saturday, May 28, 2022, at about 1:10 a.m., a fatal collision occurred on Interstate 17 southbound near Camp Verde (milepost 302). The collision involved a gold Saturn Vue.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
On Sunday, May 29, 2022, at approximately 3:34 p.m., Safford Police Department Officers, Graham County Sheriff’s Office deputies and an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper returned fire at a male subject in Safford, near the 2300 block of U.S. Route 191.
The male subject died at the scene from injuries he sustained after firing at law enforcement officers.
No law enforcement officers were injured.
Sunday, May 29, 2022
Updated Information: April 29, 2022
The three deceased victims from the Toyota SUV driven by Kevin Avila have been identified as:
- Alexis Miguel Fuentes De La Cruz, 22 years old
- Omar Ortiz-Ramirez, 36 years old
- Raúl Carranza-Alonso, 39 years old
All of the deceased victims were Mexican nationals.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
On Sunday, February 20, 2022, at about 12:20 a.m., a fatal collision occurred on Interstate 10 eastbound near 59th Avenue. The collision involved a gray Ford Mustang, which was reported traveling with other vehicles racing at a high rate of speed moments before the collision.
Sunday, February 20, 2022
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Maricopa Criminal Targeting Unit detectives arrested 29-year-old Adrian F. Gonzalez and executed a search warrant at his Mesa residence.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
On April 10, 2021, at approximately 2:03 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers responded to a call of shots fired on Interstate 10 near 43rd Avenue in Phoenix. The victim driver and passenger were traveling eastbound when they observed a white Kia maneuvering in an erratic manner, swerving across multiple lanes of traffic before cutting off the victim vehicle and nearly causing a collision.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
