Police arrest woman in crash; teen critically injured
A woman is facing aggravated assault in a Monday crash that critically injured a teen riding a motorcycle in midtown, police said.
Christina Gee, 39, was booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of aggravated assault and felony criminal damage, said Officer Daniel Lucas, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Gee was impaired by alcohol, said Lucas, adding that officers conducted a DUI investigation. The charges resulted from the investigation, said Lucas.
The 17-year-old motorcyclist remains in critical condition at a hospital.
The motorcyclist was traveling west on East Golf Links Road approaching South Sahuara Avenue. An SUV, driven by Gee, was traveling east and made a left turn heading northbound in front of the motorcyclist, said Lucas.
The motorcyclist, who was wearing a helmet, struck the passenger side of the SUV, Lucas said.
Gee remained at the scene.
The teen was treated by Tucson Fire Department paramedics and taken to the hospital.
Border Patrol: Incomplete tunnel found in Nogales
U.S. Border Patrol agents are investigating the discovery of an incomplete, cross-border tunnel in Nogales, Arizona.
Agents from the Tucson Sector acted on information provided by Mexican authorities Monday.
Mexican government officials say they had located a tunnel entrance in Nogales, Sonora.
The tunnel is about 80 feet long and extends approximately 30 feet into Arizona east of the Morley Port of Entry.
Border Patrol officials say the tunnels generally are used by criminal organizations to smuggle narcotics into the United States.
Since agents discovered the first illicit tunnel in 1990 in Douglas, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents have investigated about 115 tunnels and seized more than 17,500 pounds of narcotics.
Authorities say that of the 115 tunnels investigated, 110 were in the Nogales area.
