UPDATE (3:07 p.m., Oct. 7):
An interim complaint obtained by KGUN 9 identifies the driver of the car that ran the red light, causing a three-vehicle crash that killed one, as Cassandra Lee.
According to the interim complaint, Lee told law enforcement that she was on her cell phone and did not see she had a red light at the intersection. DPS determined through field sobriety tests that she wasn't impaired.
Post-Miranda, Lee said she was coming from her home in Green Valley, on her way to pick up her son in Globe.
Lee told DPS that she regularly uses her phone while driving to send text messages and audio messages. Lee said she was sending text/audio messages to her ex-husband, making arrangements to pick up her son, the complaint said.
She said she remembered the intersection of Pinto Lane, but did not remember the intersection of Eagle Crest Ranch Road where the crash took place, the complaint said.
She said she also had placed her phone down to grab a Monster energy drink. She said when she went to place her drink back in the cup holder, that's when she crashed, the complaint said. Lee said she didn't know if she had a green or red light, the complaint said.
DPS identified the victim who died as 74-year-old Sandra Mader.
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One person is dead following a three-vehicle crash that occurred on State Route 77, north of Catalina, Saturday morning.
According to Arizona Department of Public Safety, a driver heading northbound on Route 77 at just before 8:30 a.m., allegedly ran a red light at Eagle Crest Drive, slamming into the driver's side door of a second vehicle turning left from Eagle Crest onto southbound Route 77.
The car that was struck was then pushed into the side of a passenger pickup, DPS said. The driver of the struck car died at the scene.
The driver who allegedly ran the red light was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, DPS said.
