1 man dead, woman injured in 3-car Surprise crash

CREATED Feb. 23, 2013

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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - A man is dead and a woman seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on a freeway in Surprise, west of Phoenix.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the 3:30 p.m. Friday crash closed the northbound lanes of the Loop 303 for several hours.

They say a man taken to a hospital after the accident later died. His name wasn't immediately released.

DPS says a helicopter transported a woman with life-threatening injuries to a Phoenix hospital.

Four other people were treated at the crash scene.

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