SHOW LOW (AZFamily) — Three people are dead after a crash late Sunday night in eastern Arizona.
Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to the crash involving an ambulance and another vehicle around 10:15 p.m. on State Route 260 between Heber-Overgaard and Show Low.
An initial investigation by DPS found that the passenger vehicle was driving westbound, crossed over the center line into the opposite lane and crashed head-on into a Timber Mesa Fire District ambulance.
Two firefighters were inside the ambulance at the time of the crash. Both firefighters, along with the other driver, were pronounced dead at the scene, a DPS spokesperson said.
No one involved in the crash has yet been publicly identified.
SR 260 was closed in both directions near Clay Springs overnight, but the road was reopened just before 6 a.m. on Monday.
The Timber Mesa Fire District shared a statement on the firefighters’ deaths, asking for privacy and compassion for the families of those involved.
