TWO RECENT INJURY COLLISIONS ON SR 89 IN CHINO VALLEY PROMPTED TEMPORARY ROADWAY CLOSURES. 

THE FIRST COLLISION OCCURRED EARLY ON JULY 7TH AT SOUTH STATE ROUTE 89 AND ROAD 1 SOUTH WHERE TWO VEHICLES WERE FOUND HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE DRIVER AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE FIRST VEHICLE, A 37-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM PAULDEN, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS LEGS. THE  2ND VEHICLE’S DRIVER AND PASSENGER FROM CHINO VALLEY DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON SCENE. CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY AND LIFELINE PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO TREAT THE DRIVER OF THE TOYOTA.

SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON SOUTH STATE ROUTE 89 WAS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN TO GET THE ROADWAY CLEARED AND TO LAND A HELICOPTER IN A NEARBY FIELD. THE DRIVER OF THE TOYOTA WAS AIRLIFTED BY NATIVE AIR TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.

THE SECOND COLLISION OCCURRED THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 9TH AT THE 2300 BLOCK OF NORTH STATE ROUTE 89 REGARDING A SINGLE VEHICLE ROLLOVER WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. 

WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A WHITE 2009 CHEVROLET PICKUP HAD ROLLED OVER AND WAS OFF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS OCCUPIED BY THREE PEOPLE. THE DRIVER, A 15-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM PRESCOTT VALLEY AND FRONT PASSENGER, A 48-YEAR-OLD FEMALE, ALSO FROM PRESCOTT VALLEY DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE. THE REAR PASSENGER, A 49-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM PRESCOTT VALLEY, SUSTAINED SERIOUS HEAD TRAUMA. CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY AND LIFELINE PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO TREAT THE REAR PASSENGER, WHO WAS EVENTUALLY AIR-LIFTED BY NATIVE AIR TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION.

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON SR 89 AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE STRUCK AN APS POLE, LOST CONTROL, AND OVERTURNED.  

AT THIS TIME, THE INVESTIGATION IS ON-GOING AND IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE INVOLVED WILL BE HELD PENDING THE COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION.