Police: 2 dead in I-17 crash were Valley residents

Officials say the two women killed Tuesday night in a two-car collision south of Flagstaff had been Valley residents.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety identified Haley Evans-Ringwood, 18, of Phoenix, as the driver of a northbound car on Interstate 17 that veered into the median and lost control around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Officer Tim Case, a department spokesman.

Ringwood's car then rolled through the median and into a southbound car, said DPS spokesman Bart Graves.

Case said Haley and a passenger, Lorena E. Clapham, 19, of Scottsdale, were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

Three other passengers were also in the car when it rolled. Case said they were taken to a local hospital, where they were treated and released.

No one was injured in the other vehicle, Graves said.

He said investigators were trying to determine why the car veered into the median.



