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I-17 crash victim identified
Written by {ga=Staff Reporter}   
Thursday, 05 August 2010 13:30

According to initial reports, Richard Allen Major, 73, of Cottonwood, was driving a Ford Thunderbird that was apparently traveling the wrong direction Thursday morning, Aug. 5, on Interstate 17 when it struck a woman driving a late model BMW headed toward Flagstaff.

The driver of the Ford was killed instantly and the woman was airlifted to Flagstaff Medical Center with serious injuries.A firefighter with the Montezuma-Rimrock Fire Department looks over the wreckage of a Ford Thunderbird after its driver hit another vehicle head-on.

Crews prepare to load a female patient into a waiting Guardian Air medical helicopter.The accident caused a major northbound backup on the freeway with Department of Public Safety officers opening one lane after the highway was shut down for about an hour.

Sedona Fire District crews along with Department of Public Safety officers and personnel with the Montezuma-Rimrock Fire Department investigate the scene.Sedona Fire District assisted the Montezuma Rimrock Fire Department with the call. The accident remains under investigation.
 

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