Sat, Aug 30, 2008

Three people killed in separate rollovers this weekend

By Dan Sorenson
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.07.2008
Three people were killed in area vehicle rollover accidents since Friday evening.
Felix Zumela was killed when the Chevrolet pickup he was driving south on Interstate 19 overturned near Tubac Friday about 6 p.m., said a Department of Public Safety statement.
Both he and passenger Daniela Carrillo, 23, were not wearing seatbelts and were thrown when the truck ran into the median and rolled, DPS said. Carrillo was not injured.
The driver of a Ford pickup traveling west on Highway 86 just east of Robles Junction (Three Points) was killed Saturday about 8:15 a.m.. The truck ran off the roadway, the driver overcorrected and the pickup rolled four times, DPS said.
The driver, Monica Ayala, 28, of Tucson, was thrown and died at the scene, DPS reported.
In the third crash, a female passenger in a vehicle that overturned near Ina and Pima Canyon roads Saturday about 5 p.m. was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male driver ran from the vehicle and was at large, said Pima County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Dawn Hanke. She said no other details were available.