I-10 reopens following deadly crash involving semi, pickup truck

Authorities say one person is dead in a crash involving a semi and pickup truck that closed Interstate 10 on Wednesday.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the crash happened along the westbound lanes of I-10 near 51st Avenue when the pickup truck rear-ended the semi trailer.

The driver of the pickup truck died in the crash.

Westbound I-10 was reopened at 51st Avenue just before 6 a.m.