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PHOENIX (AP) -- A Utah man died early Wednesday after he was struck and killed along Interstate 17 near the Carefree Highway in north Phoenix.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says 55-year-old Ronald Norris of Orem, Utah, was standing behind a Cadillac sedan in the emergency lane to change a flat tire.
Graves said Norris was standing to the right of the trunk when he was struck by another vehicle driven by 30-year-old Miguel Ortiz of Anthem, Ariz.
Investigators say the Kia driven by Ortiz drifted across the emergency lane for an unknown reason and struck Norris who sustained fatal injuries.
DPS said Norris was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation.
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