A man in his 60s is dead after a pickup truck was T-boned by another vehicle at the intersection of Del Webb Boulevard and Bell Road in Sun City, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Fire crews had to cut a trapped driver free from one of the vehicles at the scene. Dispatchers had also reported that the pickup's driver was non-responsive.
Dispatchers alerted Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies around 1 p.m. Saturday that a pickup truck had been struck broadside near the busy Sun City intersection, as reported by KTAR News. The outlet reported that dispatch advised deputies the driver was non-responsive. Arizona's Family also confirmed that the sheriff's office reported the man's death following the crash.
According to 12News, the victim was a man in his 60s who was pronounced dead at the scene, while fire department personnel worked to extract a trapped driver from one of the two damaged vehicles. It remains unclear which vehicle had the right of way; the other driver was conscious and had non-life-threatening injuries.
A Corridor Already Under Watch
The stretch of Del Webb Boulevard between Bell Road and Thunderbird Boulevard had already drawn attention from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies this year, who were investigating 15 reports of vehicle vandalism along the corridor in late August, the same outlet's report noted. Saturday's fatal crash occurred along the corridor.
Sun City's Demographic Profile
Sun City is an unincorporated retirement community, according to Wikipedia. Its median age was 72.6 years in the 2020 census.
Crashes like Saturday's fit into a much larger pattern across the county. Maricopa County recorded 88,094 motor vehicle crashes and 594 traffic deaths in 2024, accounting for more than 72% of all traffic collisions statewide, according to Arizona Department of Transportation data compiled by Kent Law.
The cause of the crash, including whether speed or impairment played a role, has not been disclosed.
