TUCSON, Ariz. — An 18-wheeler passenger is dead after a wreck involving another big rig.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), the wreck happened just before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, along Interstate 10 near Willcox, Arizona.
DPS said the driver of one of the trucks suffered a medical emergency that caused him to lose control and crash into a tractor-trailer carrying ammonia.
The passenger of the ammonia truck was killed, and the driver suffered life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
DPS says the at fault driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The trailer carrying ammonia was damaged but didn’t leak.
Photos taken at the scene show a Werner tractor-trailer whose tractor is crumpled beyond recognition.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and raised in East Texas, John Worthen returned to his home state to attend college in 1998 and decided to make his life in The Natural State. Worthen is a 20-year veteran of the journalism industry and has covered just about every topic there is. He has a passion for writing and telling stories. He has worked as a beat reporter and bureau chief for a statewide newspaper and as managing editor of a regional newspaper in Arkansas. Additionally, Worthen has been a prolific freelance journalist for two decades, and has been published in several travel magazines and on travel websites.
