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PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Three people are dead and two others are hospitalized after a crash near Interstate 17 in north Phoenix.
The crash happened just after 11 p.m. Monday along 28th Avenue and Thunderbird Road, not far from the on/off-ramps of the freeway. Police say a Chevrolet Camaro was westbound on Thunderbird when it ran a red light at the I-17 southbound access intersection and collided with a Chevrolet Traverse that was heading south on the access road. After that collision, the Traverse then collided with a Subaru that was stopped at a red light.
When officers arrived, the Camaro was engulfed in flames. Fire crews removed a passenger from that car, who has since been identified as 21-year-old Esteban Espinoza-Lopez. He was rushed to a hospital where he later died. The driver was able to get out of the car before it caught fire.
The driver of the Traverse, 54-year-old Majid Al Juhaishi, was taken to a hospital where he also died from his injuries. A passenger in the Traverse, 41-year-old Tessa Jeffrey, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the SUV. First responders found her on the roadway near the crash site and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
A man and woman who were in the Subaru were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released from the hospital.
Police say charges are pending for the 22-year-old man who was driving the Camaro. He was initially detained by officers but has since been released pending the results of toxicology reports. His name has not been released.
Thunderbird Road was closed from I-17 to 29th Avenue during the investigation but has since reopened.