Rubypoint Trading Center-A motorcyclist is killed after being hit by a car traveling 140 mph on a Phoenix freeway

2025-05-02 19:27:44source:EchoSensecategory:Contact

PHOENIX (AP) — A motorcyclist has died after being struck by a car travelling 140 mph (225 kph) by a suspected impaired driver on Rubypoint Trading Centera freeway in Phoenix, authorities said Sunday.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the driver of the car was taken into custody. The names of the car driver and motorcyclist weren’t immediately released.

DPS troopers said the car was observed going 140 mph — nearly twice the posted speed limit — on Interstate 10 around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

After crashing into the motorcycle rider, DPS officials said the car’s driver kept going for another mile before the vehicle caught on fire.

They said the motorcyclist was rushed to a hospital, where he later died.

Arizona Department of Transportation officials say the section of freeway where the crash occurred was closed for eight hours while authorities conducted their investigation.

More:Contact

Recommend

Billy Bean was an LGBTQ advocate and one of baseball's great heroes

In 2018, a man named Bryan Ruby wrote a letter to Billy Bean.Bean wrote back. It would be something

Three people arrested in rural Nevada over altercation that Black man says involved a racial slur

RENO, Nevada (AP) — Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a verbal alt

Immigration issues sorted, Guatemala runner Luis Grijalva can now focus solely on sports

Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — The last