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LITTLEFIELD, Mohave County — A driver was killed after his semitractor-trailer crashed at the bottom of a deep ravine several miles north of Cedar Pocket in Arizona Tuesday.
Shortly before 10 a.m. MST, emergency personnel were dispatched to Interstate 15 southbound near mile marker 23 in Arizona on a report of a semitractor-trailer that was discovered at the bottom of an estimated 80-foot crevasse, Arizona Department of Public Safety Sgt. John Bottoms said.
The area where the incident occurred was approximately 5 miles south of the Arizona/Utah border.
The crash was discovered by an Arizona DPS trooper on patrol who was heading north on the interstate, the only vantage point where the crash could have been seen from the interstate, Bottoms said.
The trooper contacted emergency dispatch to report the crash as he made his way down the side of the hill to check on the driver or other occupants that could possibly be trapped and/or injured.
Multiple fire engines and police were dispatched to the area and upon arrival descended to the bottom of the canyon. As officers were sifting through the wreckage they located the driver outside of the truck near the wreckage.
“It appears that the driver was ejected during the crash and it was clear he was deceased when we located him,” Bottoms said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office was called in.
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