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Man killed in overnight crash identified

Posted at 3:09 AM, Feb 09, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-09 19:12:51-05

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The man killed in an overnight single-vehicle rollover crash has been identified as 23-year-old Miguel Rodriguez-Romero.

Sgt. Kimberly Bay, spokesperson with the Tucson Police Department says Rodriguez-Romero was driving the wrong way -- west in the eastbound lanes of Golf Links near Craycroft -- before the wreck.

Rodriguez-Romero died after being transported to Banner UMC and the two passengers are being treated for non-life threatening injuries, said Bay.

The crash, which happened at 1:23 a.m., closed eastbound lanes of Golf Links between Craycroft and Swan for several hours.