PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A crash in Maryvale on Thursday night caused by a suspected impaired red-light runner has left a woman dead.
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Police said the 21-year-old suspect was speeding when he ran the red light at the intersection of 59th Avenue and McDowell Road just before 11 p.m. and crashed into a white SUV driven by Cecilia Cisneros Cuadros, 43.
The impact of the crash forced the SUV into a 7-Eleven and the truck into a light pole.
Cuadros was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
The suspect showed signs of impairment and was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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Police originally said a third person was injured, but that person was not mentioned in Friday afternoon’s update.
The intersection was closed for several hours, but it has since reopened.
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