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Police ID Male Victim of Fatal Tucson Crash on I-19

police have identified victim killed by truck tireTUCSON, AZ – Arizona DPS officials have released the identity of the man who was killed after a tire crashed through his windshield on a Tucson freeway last Tuesday.

According to the Sahuarita Sun, 43-year-old Joaquin Maldonado was traveling north on I-19 near Pima Mine Road on the morning of April 13, when a rear tire detached from a tractor-trailer and struck his Hyundai Tucson at a high rate of speed.

Maldonado was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported as a result of the crash.

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