Crime & Safety

1 Dead In North Phoenix Crash

A 59-year-old man died in a crash at 43rd Avenue and Cactus Road Wednesday night, Phoenix police said.

PHOENIX, AZ — A man died in a north Phoenix truck crash Wednesday night, Phoenix police said.

Robert Mullen, 59, died at a nearby hospital after the pickup truck he was driving was struck by another truck at 9:30 p.m. as it turned left onto 43rd Avenue from Cactus Road, according to police.

There were four people in the other truck. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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No one was charged, and neither driver was impaired at the time of the crash, according to police.


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