Police: 1 Driver Dead After Another Runs Red Light At I-10 & 29th

TUCSON, AZ — Tucson police said that a man died from a crash Wednesday after another motorist sped through a red light at W. 29th Street and the I-10 Frontage Road.

Tucson Operations Division South officers were called to the intersection about 4:45 a.m. on a reported serious-injury vehicle crash. Tucson fire medics also arrived at the intersection and immediately started to administer medical aid to both drivers. However, one driver, Irenio Parra-Neriz, 63, was pronounced dead at the accident’s scene. The other driver was taken to Banner University Medical Center with injuries not deemed life threatening.

Back at the intersection, Tucson traffic detectives undertook an investigation. The roadway evidence and interviews they conducted helped police determine that Parra-Neriz was headed west on 29th Street in a Ford F-150 pickup truck and entered the intersection when the light was green. However, at the same time, the driver of a Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck was headed north on the I-10 Frontage Road. Police said the Avalanche driver “failed to stop for the red light and collided with the F-150 at a high rate of speed.”

Parra-Neriz did not have his seatbelt on when the accident happened and was ejected from the truck.

Tucson police say they haven’t issued any charges or citations related to this crash. Detectives continue to investigate.