Phoenix police are investigating a collision that occurred after two vehicles crashed while drag racing. One woman is dead, four were transported to the hospital, and power was off in the surrounding area.
Phoenix police officers responded to a serious collision involving two vehicles around 9:30 p.m., near 39th Avenue and Southern Avenue. When officers arrived, they found two vehicles in the roadway. One of the vehicles had rolled over and another had crashed into a fence.
The fire department arrived and extricated two men from the vehicle that rolled over. Another passenger in the vehicle, 19-year-old Lesli Vega Bolanos, was partially ejected and died from her injuries on scene. The two men were transported to the hospital as one of them suffered life-threatening injuries. The driver and passenger of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries and were transported to the hospital for treatment.
Detectives responded to investigate the collision and learned from witnesses the two vehicles were racing westbound on Southern Avenue just before they collided. A witness estimated the vehicles were in excess of 80 mph. After the initial collision, one of the vehicles took out a electrical pole and power was lost in the surrounding area.
The incident remains under investigation.