The driver of the red Nissan coupe on the left, a man in his 70s, apparently tried to squeeze between several vehicles stopped at a light and collided with all four vehicles at Valencia and Mission roads, said Deputy Dawn Hanke, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. A total of 13 people were involved in the morning rush-hour accident, seven of them teens on their way to a summer program project.

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One person was killed and at least three others were injured in a five- vehicle accident Wednesday morning on the Southwest Side.

The collision occurred just before 8:30 a.m. at South Mission and West Valencia roads, according to Deputy Dawn Hanke, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.

She gave the following account:

Four vehicles were stopped at a red light on southbound Mission. Two were in the left hand turn lane, and the other two were in a straight-through lane next to the turn lane.

The vehicles in the turn lane consisted of a black GMC pickup with two males inside. Behind that was a red Chrysler Town and Country car with the driver the sole occupant.

In the straight-through lane were two vehicles carrying a total of seven teens who were en route to a graffiti abatement project as part of a summer program.

The driver of a southbound red Nissan coupe was driving erratically when he gunned the accelerator in an effort to squeeze between the vehicles in the left-hand turn lane and the straight-through lane, Hanke said.

He collided with all the vehicles and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Firefighters from the Drexel Heights Fire District had to use the jaws of life to remove the man from the Nissan. He was in his 70s and was not wearing a seat belt, according to Tracy Koslow-ski, an agency spokeswoman.

A man in his 50s was flown to a hospital with serious injuries, Koslowski said. Two teens were taken by ambulance to hospitals with injuries not considered life-threatening.

The name of the deceased will not be released until his family has been notified, Hanke said. Authorities do not know the intentions behind his actions, she said.