TONOPAH, AZ (AZFamily) — A woman is dead after investigators say a tractor-trailer slammed into her stopped car on Interstate 10 west of the Valley late Wednesday night.
First responders were called just before 11 p.m. to reports of a serious crash on eastbound I-10 near 355th Avenue in Tonopah, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
During the investigation, troopers learned that a car had been stopped in the outside lane for an unknown reason when a tractor-trailer hit it from behind.
The driver of the car was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries. She has not been publicly identified, pending notification of her family.
The driver of the semitruck was not injured.