1 dead, 1 in critical condition after car crashes into tree in Phoenix
A woman was killed and a man was in critical condition after a car crashed into a tree in Phoenix early Monday morning, police said.
Around 3:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to a collision near 16th and Mohave streets where they located a vehicle that crashed into a tree, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Officers found a man and woman inside the vehicle, both with serious injuries.
The woman, 23-year-old Jasmin Garcia Romero, was pronounced dead at the scene by Phoenix Fire Department personnel, police said. Officials said the man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Detectives determined that the man had been driving the vehicle with Romero in the passenger seat when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle swerved off of the road and struck the tree, authorities said.
Impairment was unknown, and police said that further details about the crash were still under investigation.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: 1 dead, 1 in critical condition after car crashes into tree in Phoenix
