KINGMAN – Authorities have released the name of a Downey, California woman killed in a three-vehicle collision in downtown Kingman on May 18. Officers responded to the crash in the 1100 block of W. Beale Street at 10:48 a.m.
Kingman Police Chief Rusty Cooper said the passenger of an Audi sandwiched between two semi-tractor trailer rigs, Judy Shirley, 78, was dead at the scene of the incident a few blocks west of the Interstate 40 overpass. Her 82-year-old husband was transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that a black semi-truck, driven by a 34-year-old man from Nevada, was traveling eastbound on W. Beale Street and failed to stop for slowing traffic within an active construction-related congestion area,” Chief Cooper said. “The semi-truck struck a white Audi four-door sedan that had slowed for traffic ahead. The force of the collision pushed the Audi into a second semi-truck that was stopped in traffic.”
Cooper said there were no indications of impairment involving the Nevada truck driver. There are no citations or charges initially, and investigation continues.
Dave Hawkins
