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TPD: Two people killed in car crash at Speedway near Craycroft

Speedway re-opened to traffic after several hours; DUI not a factor
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Posted at 1:10 PM, Jul 24, 2023
and last updated 2023-07-24 20:56:16-04

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — UPDATE 7/25 —

Tucson Police have provided additional information on Monday's deadly crash on Speedway.

According to the traffic investigation, a Mercedes-Benz traveling westbound on Speedway faster than the 35 mph speed limit hit a Toyota Yaris. The Yaris was turning left from the eastbound lanes, north onto Jefferson Avenue.

Police say both people in the Yaris were killed in the crash—39-year-old driver Kimberly Roxanne Layne and her passenger, 40-year-old Douglas Keith Bland Jr.

Two people in the Mercedes-Benz, both the 81-year-old driver and a passenger whose age was not released, were seriously injured and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. TPD says the driver was not impaired.

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Tucson Police say a two-car crash on East Speedway Boulevard near North Craycroft Road has left a man and a woman—both adults—dead at the site of the collision Monday morning around 11:30 a.m..

No additional information is available at this time, but TPD says the segment of Speedway just east of Craycroft will be closed for several hours this afternoon.

According to police, a third individual was taken to the hospital, and TPD is conducting a traffic investigation.