A woman was left in extremely critical condition and three men were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash in north Phoenix on Thursday night, according to fire officials. Phoenix fire crews were called to the scene near 19th Avenue and Evans Road, just north of Thunderbird Road, around 9:15 p.m.
Firefighters arrived to find multiple damaged vehicles and four injured people, according to Arizona's Family. The outlet reported that the crash involved a city bus and several other vehicles, though it remains unclear whether any of the four people hurt were actually riding the bus at the time.
The adult woman was hospitalized in extremely critical condition, fire officials said. The three adult men were also taken to the hospital and are expected to recover, per the same account from fire crews.
Multiple Vehicles Involved, Cause Still Unknown
Separate reporting from telemundoarizona.com confirmed that at least four people were injured in the multi-vehicle collision at 19th Avenue and Evans Road on Thursday. That outlet reported the same timeline, noting that fire crews were dispatched to the intersection around 9:15 p.m. and found an adult woman who needed to be rushed to the hospital in critical condition alongside three adult men who were taken in stable condition.
After treating the injured, Phoenix firefighters turned the scene over to the Phoenix Police Department, which will investigate the cause of the crash. No further details on what led to the collision have been released.
Not the First City Bus Crash
Not the First City Bus Crash This is not the first time a Phoenix crash involving a city bus has sent people to the hospital. On June 9, a crash near 7th Street and Bethany Home Road left three people hospitalized, according to fox10phoenix.com. In that earlier incident, which happened just before 8 a.m., the driver of a car suffered serious injuries, while two passengers from the bus were taken to the hospital as a precaution. As with Thursday night's crash, authorities had not said what caused the June 9 collision.
Phoenix police have not yet released additional information about the condition of the crash scene, road closures, or the circumstances that led to Thursday's collision near 19th Avenue and Evans Road. The investigation into the cause remains ongoing.
