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Crash outside the hotel sends a car in Graben




A Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford Fusion crashed near the corner of MLK Jr. Boulevard and John Wayne Parkway. May 6, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]

A two-vehicle crash outside the La Quinta Inn sent emergency crew to the scene in the early afternoon.

The collision took place at 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of John Wayne Parkway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to Phoenix Regional Dispatch. A silver Jeep Grand Cherokee and a black Ford fusion were the only cars involved in the accident, said a hotel guest who saw it when he went into the property.

The Ford, which lasted the damage on the driver's driver's side, was rested in a ditch at the foot of a rocky hill east of the parkway. The jeep was idle on the street.

A woman is rated by firefighters after her black Ford fusion came into a ditch in front of John Wayne Parkway. May 6, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]
A woman is rated by firefighters after her black Ford fusion came into a ditch in front of John Wayne Parkway. May 6, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]

A pregnant woman and her fiance, both inmates of the merger, were near the vehicle after the crash. They said they hadn't believed that they were to blame. Firefighters assessed the woman at the scene.

The jeep had damaged the passenger side. His driver said that he hadn't been in an accident for decades when he started his insurance information. No serious injuries were reported.

Maricopa Fire Department leaders 574 and an ambulance. No road closures or traffic blocks were reported.






Elias Weiss, editorial director

Elias Weiss received his journalism at the University of Arkansas and first reported for the Democrat Gazette by Northwest Arkansas. Then he became the managing director of Chatham Star-Tribune and headed the publication by the Virginia Press Association as the best Weekly New Paper from 2019. After Elias in the valley for Phoenix New Times and The Daily Beast in the Taly as a senior editor 2023 as an investigative reporter for investigative reports in the Better Newspaper's AZ Media Association won first place this year. In 2024 he took over the head of the editorial director. Every Thursday, Elias discusses AZ policy on KFNX 1100 on the radio in Phoenix, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.


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