WILLCOX, AZ : Driver killed in semi-truck crash at Willcox Visitor Center on Monday, 19th October, 2020

Authorities responded to a report of a collision involving a semi-tractor trailer that drove through the City of Willcox Visitor Center on Monday night.

Upon arrival of the Willcox Police Department, the Willcox Fire Department, Health Care Innovations (HCI), and AZ Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), HCI tended to the driver and pronounced him deceased at the scene. Willcox Police Chief Dale Hadfield said it was likely the driver was deceased or at least unconscious before he hit the building.

Fire personnel immediately began working to free the trapped driver using the “Jaws of Life,” and also sprayed the leaking diesel fuel with an encapsulating foam and shut off the gas leaking into the building.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle was traveling westbound on Interstate 10 near mile post 341 when, for an unknown reason, left the roadway to the right, drove through a fence and crossed the desert towards the City of Willcox Visitor Center. It was reported by witnesses that the vehicle did not apply any brakes.

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