PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities predict an extended closure of northbound Interstate 17 about 7 miles (11 kilometers) north of the Sunset Point Rest Area in north-central Arizona because of a fatal wreck requiring a cleanup of hazardous material.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bar Graves says preliminary reports indicate that a big rig collided late Friday morning with two pickups, killing one person and injuring others.
Graves says the need for hazardous-material cleanup is a result of the big rig leaking fuel onto the highway.
The Arizona Department of Transportation advised drivers to consider delaying travel or using alternative routes to northern Arizona such as taking State Routes 87 and 260 to connect to I-17 at Camp Verde.
ADOT says I-17’s southbound lanes are unaffected.
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