Northbound Interstate 19 has reopened following a wrong-way crash about 12 miles south of Tucson near Sahuarita, officials say.
An 82-year-old man was driving the wrong way, southbound in the northbound lanes on Interstate 19 near the Sahuarita Road exit when his vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle being driven by a 23-year-old woman, said Quentin Mehr, an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman.
Both were taken to Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson with non-life-threatening injuries.
The closure was at milepost 46, just before the Sahuarita Road exit, the Arizona Department of Transportation said. The northbound lanes were closed for about 40 minutes.Β
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Towing workers rig a pickup truck after a crash involving an 82-year-old man driving southbound in the northbound lanes on Interstate 19 near Sahuarita Road on Aug. 23, 2018, south of Tucson, Ariz.
Both lanes of I-19 northbound have reopened. https://t.co/AfqU9nNCcP
β Arizona DOT (@ArizonaDOT) August 23, 2018