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UPDATE: Tucson police ID driver killed in Thursday afternoon crash

A man has died after being ejected from a vehicle in a rollover crash on Tucson's north side Thursday afternoon, police say.

The man, who was traveling with a passenger, was allegedly speeding southboundΒ in the 3000 block of North Fontana Avenue when he lost control and crashed,Β said Sgt. Pete Dugan, a Tucson Polie Department spokesman.Β 

The two men, both in their 20s, were taken to a hospital where the driver was pronounced dead. The passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Dugan said.

Shortly before 3 p.m., traffic detectives shut down Fontana near Blacklidge Drive due to the crash.

No further information has been released.


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