A woman was killed and a man was hospitalized after an early morning crash on Tucson’s southeast side.
Tucson police responded just after 2 a.m. to a report of a single-vehicle crash on South Wilmot Road, about one mile north of Interstate 10. Officers found a damaged 2006 Chevy Cobalt on the east side of the roadway, with the man and woman still inside.
The driver, 21-year-old Alysha Marie Sauter, died at the scene. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Detectives determined Sauter had been driving the Chevy north on Wilmot when she made an abrupt movement that sent the car careening out of control and into a tree.
The incident remains under investigation and no charges have been issued.
According to Tucson police, this is the 73rd recorded traffic-related fatality in the city this year.
