One person was killed in a crash Thursday on Interstate 19 in Green Valley.

Interstate 19 was closed to northbound traffic midday Thursday after a fatal crash between a tractor-trailer rig and a car, officials said.

The Oct. 22 wreck near Duval Mine Road killed one of the car's occupants and sent the other to a hospital with life threatening injuries , the Green Valley Fire Department said.

The rig driver was unharmed.

The northbound lanes shut down around 12:45 p.m. and were re-opened at about 4 p.m.


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