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1 killed in crash with ambulance in Ariz.

Driver in other vehicle was going the wrong way on highway

My Fox Phoenix

FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — A wrong way driver is dead after driving head-on into an ambulance on the Beeline Highway Tuesday night.

There are initial reports that the female driver was killed when she crashed into the ambulance, while driving the wrong way on the Beeline Highway.

It happened near SR 87 and Fort McDowell.

The ambulance was on the way to the hospital with a patient. The driver and the patient are now being transported to Scottsdale-Osborn Hospital, according to Rural Metro Fire Department.

The ambulance involved in the crash is Lifestar, based out of Payson.

Republished with permission from My Fox Phoenix