Statewide - Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Troopers have responded to more than 840 calls for wrong way drivers in 2016. In the last two weeks alone, two troopers have been injured while intervening to stop wrong way drivers.
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Phoenix — Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Detectives have arrested two men in connection with a road rage incident that occurred June 28th in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near 43rd Avenue.
3 years 10 months ago
Statewide – Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Troopers have investigated 117 fatal collisions resulting in 145 deaths during 2016. During that same period from January to June 2015, 39 drivers and passengers died not wearing safety restraints.
3 years 11 months ago
Kaibeto, Ariz. –Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Troopers are investigating a fatal collision involving a commercial vehicle, motorhome, and two passenger vehicles on State Route 98, milepost 332, near Kaibeto, Ariz.
3 years 11 months ago
Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Troopers investigated seven fatal collisions statewide over the past week, in which eight people died.
3 years 11 months ago
***Updated*** by Raul Garcia, Public Information Officer, on June 24, 2016, at 1:25 a.m.
Trooper Rodriguez was released from the hospital on June 23, 2016.
3 years 11 months ago
Tonopah, Ariz.-Two young ladies died in a horrific collision when a wrong way driver struck them head-on. A third passenger was critically injured with life-threatening injuries. The wrong way driver also died.
3 years 11 months ago
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Canine Unit competed in the Desert Dog Police K-9 Trials in Goodyear, Arizona in mid-April of 2016 and walked away with several awards. Canine teams from various law enforcement agencies across Arizona, the United States Air Force, and Mexico...
4 years 3 weeks ago
Maricopa County — The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has once again partnered with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) in the vital mission – to take enforcement action on dangerous drivers.
4 years 1 month ago
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