TEMPE, Ariz. — A person is dead after a wrong-way crash on SR-202 near Center Parkway, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.

DPS officials are investigating a multi-vehicle crash on westbound SR-202 Monday morning, west of Priest Drive. Authorities said the crash involved a wrong-way driver and a person has died as a result of the crash.

The collision occurred shortly after midnight after an SUV was observed traveling east in the westbound lanes. DPS said the SUV sideswiped a Hyundai car before crashing head-on with Kia vehicle.

The driver of the Kia died at the scene and the driver of the SUV sustained non-life-threatening injuries, DPS said. The driver of the Hyundai left the scene.

Westbound SR-202 was closed at Center Parkway before it was reopened shortly before 7 a.m. Mon

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