Passenger dies following crash on Loop 202, driver arrested
A man was arrested after one person died following a crash early Monday morning along the Loop 202 freeway in Phoenix.The crash happened just before 2 a.m. on April 21 along the eastbound lanes of the Red Mountain freeway at the 32nd Street off-ramp.The Arizona Department of Public Safety says an SUV traveled into the gore area and hit a guardrail.The SUV's passenger was taken to a hospital where she later died. She was identified as 34-year-old Jessica Bell of Phoenix.The driver of the SUV, 36-year-old Vladimir Cortez Perez, was hospitalized with minor injuries. After being released from the hospital, DPS says he was booked into jail. He's accused of manslaughter.Investigators believe impairment played a role in the crash.The eastbound lanes of the Loop 202 have been reopened at the Mini Stack.
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