Rollover collision leaves one person dead

CREATED Aug. 31, 2011

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Web Producer: Ina Ronquillo

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Inez E. Shroeder, 69, of Willcox  has been identified as the driver from the fatal overnight collision on Interstate 10.

Officer Quentin Mehr, a spokesperson with the Arizona Department of Public Safety tells KGUN9 that at 2:19 a.m., officers responded to a collision on I-10, milepost 276 (area of Houghton Road approximately 15 miles east of Tucson).

Mehr says a 2003 Dodge pick-up was traveling eastbound on I-10 when the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle lost control.  The vehicle rolled over.

Shroeder was not wearing safety restraints at the time of the collision, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.