US, Phoenix: Surprise Fatal Loop 303 Wrong-Way Crash.

Phoenix, United States - October 14, 2026 10/13/2026 09:07 pm GMT-0700 SURPRISE, Ariz. – One person is dead, and another is in reportedly serious condition after a fiery head-on wrong-way crash on the Loop 303 Tuesday night. Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety received reports at 9:07 p.m. Tuesday of a white Ford pickup truck traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the Loop 303 near Grand Avenue. As troopers were responding to the area, camera operators at the Highway Patrol Traffic Operations Center acquired visual of the pickup as it continued to travel southbound in the northbound lanes. Approximately two minutes after initially being reported, the Ford crashed head-on into a Subaru Crosstrek before rolling over and catching fire. Troopers arrived shortly after and located the collision blocking all northbound lanes of the Loop 303 just north of the Clearview Boulevard overpass. Firefighters responded to the scene and extinguished the fire before evaluating the occupants. The driver of the Subaru Crosstrek was pronounced deceased at the scene. The wrong-way driver in the Ford was transported to a local area trauma hospital in serious condition, according to preliminary information gathered at the scene. It is unknown if any additional occupants were in either vehicle. Troopers closed the northbound lanes of the Loop 303 at Bell Road as they began investigating the collision.