SHOW LOW, AZ (AZFamily) — Three people are dead after a crash late Sunday night in eastern Arizona.

Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to the crash involving an ambulance and another vehicle around 10:15 p.m. on State Route 260 between Heber-Overgaard and Show Low .

An initial investigation by DPS found that the passenger vehicle was driving westbound, crossed over the center line into the opposite lane and crashed head-on into a Timber Mesa Fire District ambulance.

Two firefighters were inside the ambulance at the time of the crash. Both firefighters, along with the other driver, were pronounced dead at the scene, a DPS spokesperson said.

No one involved in the crash has yet been publicly identified.

SR 260 was closed in both directions near C

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