Crash was fatal for BHC woman

FT. MOHAVE – A Bullhead City woman was dead at the scene of a two-vehicle collision in Fort Mohave after the vehicle she was operating turned in front of an oncoming cement mixer, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Agency spokesman Bart Graves said authorities responded at 7:16 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 to the incident on SR 95.

The deceased is identified as Carmen Chavez, 49. Graves said the sedan Chavez was driving was attempting a left turn from Chaparral Road onto Northbound 95 when the vehicle was struck by a southbound cement truck.

Graves said a male passenger in the sedan whose name is withheld was flown to a Las Vegas hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. He said the driver of the truck was not hurt and that the accident remains under investigation.

Dave Hawkins