GRAHAM COUNTY — A vehicle crash forced a more than hour-long closure of U.S. Highway 191 between Safford and Clifton on Friday morning.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said at 7:54 a.m., a Chevrolet Malibu traveling northbound rolled on Highway 191, at milepost 141 near the Graham/Greenlee border.
Three people were initially trapped inside the vehicle, but public safety teams were able to extricate the victims. One person was taken to a local hospital while a second was flown to a Tucson medical center.
The highway was re-opened at 9:22 a.m. and the incident remains under investigation.
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 12:41 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2022, with information from DPS.
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