The deadly week for pedestrians and motorists continued in the Tucson area.
Officials said a driver was killed in a crash Thursday afternoon on the northwest side, a pedestrian was struck and killed late Thursday in midtown and a man who suffered critical injuries after being hit by an SUV earlier in the month has died.
This brings to eight the number of motorists and pedestrians who have died since Monday night on Tucson-area streets.
Driver facing charges
The driver of a car that struck and killed a pedestrian has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, Tucson police said Friday.
Authorities also identified the pedestrian as Kevin Ryan Ugg, 48, said Sgt. Pete Dugan, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Officers were called at 11 p.m. Thursday to an accident involving a pedestrian on East Grant Road near North Mountain Avenue.
Byron Calderon
Tucson Fire personnel were rendering aid to the pedestrian, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives learned that the man was crossing the eastbound lanes of traffic on Grant when he was struck by a 2012 Dodge Challenger that was eastbound in the center lane, said Dugan.
The pedestrian was not crossing in a crosswalk, police said.
Detectives determined the driver of the car was impaired, police said.
Byron Omar Calderon, 36, was arrested and booked into the Pima County jail on one count of manslaughter. Police said speed was not a factor in the crash.
There have been 26-traffic related deaths in Tucson this year, including seven pedestrians, police said. That's compared to 25 deaths this time last year.
Pedestrian dies from injuries
A man who was struck by an SUV two weeks ago died Thursday from his injuries, police said.
The man was identified as Michael Gary Edminster, 50, said Dugan.
The incident happened on the city's north side in the 2000 block of East Prince Road shortly before 8:30 p.m. The neighborhood is near North Campbell Avenue.
Traffic detectives determined that a 2001 BMW SUV was traveling west on Prince. Edminster, who was not in a crosswalk, ran across the road from south to north and was struck by the vehicle, Dugan said.
The driver of the SUV remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.
No citations will be issued, Dugan said.
In 2015, Arizona traffic fatals were 895; Pima County were 91, data shows.
Driver dies when car hits pole
A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tucson's northwest side Thursday afternoon.
The man was identified as Lawrence Junco, 73, said Deputy Courtney Rodriguez, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.
At 4:30 p.m., deputies responded to the crash at West Overton Road and North La Cholla Boulevard after 911-callers reported the incident, said Rodriguez.
Deputies found the car had crashed into a traffic signal pole. Junco was wearing a seat belt and was the only occupant in the car.
Traffic detectives were working to determine what caused the crash, Rodriguez said.
