Michael Stewart Jr.

The driver of a box truck died after an altercation with his passenger Tuesday on Tucsonโ€™s northwest side, officials said.

The fight between the driver, Matthew Hosford, 39, and the passenger, Michael Stewart Jr., 33, led Hosford to drive through a chain-link fence and crash into a home in the 7800 block of West Dos Rotundo Drive, which is north of West Twin Peaks Drive, said Deputy James Allerton, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriffโ€™s Department.

Deputies arrested Stewart on suspicion of first-degree murder, the department said in a news release.

Hosford, who was pronounced dead on scene, did not appear to have died as a result of the crash, deputies said.

Deputies found Hosford outside the truck with signs of trauma, the department said, though it did not specify the nature of his wounds.


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