TEMPE, AZ : Man dead, woman hurt after crash involving motorcycle on Loop 202 in Tempe on Friday, 15th December 2023

A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a crash involving a motorcycle on Loop 202 in Tempe.

The collision was reported around 2:15 p.m. Friday in the westbound lanes of the Red Mountain Freeway, just west of McClintock Drive. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says a sedan’s tire blew out and that the driver tried to swerve to avoid a motorcycle but wasn’t successful. The man driving the motorcycle and his passenger, a woman, were thrown into the eastbound lanes of the freeway.

DPS says the man was rushed to a hospital where he later died, while the woman wasn’t seriously hurt. The driver of the sedan remained on scene.

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