1 Dead In Kino Parkway Crash Tuesday Morning

TUCSON, AZ — One person died in a crash in which an SUV went airborne off the Kino Parkway into the Julian Wash below, Tucson police said.

Harvard Ortiz, 43, was the driver of the SUV and died at the scene after crashing near the intersection of South Kino Parkway and East Benson Highway at 2 a.m. Tuesday, police said.

Ortiz's SUV was traveling south on Kino Parkway before it left the road and launched into the concrete wash, police said.

Ortiz's SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash, which occurred in the 4000 block of South Kino Parkway, police said.