Another fatal accident occurred on State Route 347 today, the fifth in less than a week.

At 9:48 a.m. witnesses reported a vehicle, traveling southbound on State Route 347 entering the city, cross all four lanes and the median, according to Maricopa Police Department spokesman Ricardo Alvarado.

“The vehicle went through the dirt embankment and ended up crashing through a block wall and ended up in a pool in the backyard of a residence,” Alvarado said.

Alvarado said the driver, David McBride of Tucson, suffered a heart attack. McBride, 59, “was transported to Chandler Regional hospital where he passed from the medical issue.”

The vehicle crashed into the backyard of Joseph Larca’s home in the 43000 block of W. Courtney Drive in Rancho El Dorado.

For a story on Thursday’s accident, see Phoenix man killed in SR 347 head-on crash. For a story on Sunday’s accident, see 3 die in early morning SR 347 accident.

Below: Homeowner Joseph Larca describes an eyewitness account of how a vehicle ended up in his Rancho El Dorado swimming pool.

Scott Bartle
Scott Bartle
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InMaricopa’s publisher began his career in sports marketing, producing and marketing Association of Tennis Professionals Tour events in Indianapolis and Scottsdale. He served as marketing coordinator for the Super Bowl XXX Host Committee prior to joining the Maricopa County Sports Commission where he spent four years as its assistant executive director. Since 2000 Scott has served as president of Outside the Box Marketing, Inc. Scott is former president of the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board and IU Alumni Club of Phoenix and a member of the Knights of Columbus and Sigma Chi Fraternity. Scott is a graduate of Indiana University, Valley Leadership, Project CENTRL and the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy. A native Hoosier, Scott has lived in the Phoenix area since 1977 and in Maricopa since 2004.

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