{"id":144025,"date":"2025-08-14T03:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T03:06:26","slug":"wrong-way-collision-victim-idd-as-21-year-old-valley-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/144025\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way collision victim ID&#8217;d as 21-year-old Valley woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2013 Authorities on Wednesday released the identity of a woman killed in a wrong-way collision on an Valley freeway earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Huckleberry, 21, of Waddell died in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-traffic\/wrong-way-crash-loop-202-2\/5737804\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">crash on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway<\/a> near the Tempe-Phoenix border, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n<p>DPS also revealed that the wrong-way driver is a 44-year-old man. He remains in the hospital with injuries that aren\u2019t considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of a third vehicle involved in the collision fled the scene and remains outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>How did deadly wrong-way collision on Loop 202 happen?<\/p>\n<p>The incident started just after midnight Monday when a Subaru SUV was spotted traveling east in the westbound lanes of Loop 202 near 24th Street.<\/p>\n<p>The wrong-way SUV sideswiped a Hyundai passenger vehicle before crashing head-on into a Kia passenger vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArizonaDOT\/status\/1954885630577783079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">west of Priest Drive<\/a> and rolling over onto its roof. <\/p>\n<p>Huckleberry, who was driving the Kia, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Hyundai\u2019s driver left that vehicle abandoned in the median.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities suspect that impairment was a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal investigation into the wrong-way collision is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kstonezone\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @kstonezone<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? 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