A fatality on State Route 347 continues to keep the southbound lanes closed as Gila River Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety investigate.
According to GRPD Detective Manuel Duarte, one car back-ended another car stopped at the light at the intersection with Casa Blanca Road at around 4:20 a.m.
“When the at-fault driver exited his vehicle, he was struck by a third vehicle,” Duarte said.
The man, who has not been publicly identified, was taken to Chandler Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
Southbound traffic has been diverted onto Riggs Road east to Interstate 10. Maricopa-bound traffic has been requested to drive to Casa Grande to take Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway into town.
Though northbound lanes of SR 347 have remained open, traffic was very slow during rush hour.
DPS spokesman Trooper Kameron Lee said his department turned the investigation over to GRPD because a tribal member was involved in the accident. DPS is acting as an assisting agency.
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