Phoenix,AZ : Victims named in I-17 wrong-way crash on April, friday 14th 2017

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has identified the driver and the two victims killed in Friday morning's wrong-way collision on I-17 near Greenway.

Kelsey Richardson, age 18, was in Arizona visiting her sister, Karli, 20.

The girls' family they were good students, and very ambitious. Both graduated high school with college credits already under their belts. Karli was preparing to graduate from GCU this spring, and Kelsey was an aspiring doctor, enrolled at Western Carolina University.

"Very intelligent girls, with so much to offer the world. God-fearing girls. They were very fun-loving girls. They loved the outdoors. they loved doing things outside," said their mother Cathy Hocking.

The two had hit the road early that morning to catch the sunrise at the Grand Canyon.

They never made it. The hadn't even gotten out of Phoenix.

They were hit head-on by another GCU student, 21-year-old Keaton Allison of Colorado. He somehow managed to get on the I-17 heading in the wrong direction.

All three were killed.


Source :
Victims named in I-17 wrong-way crash