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Police: DUI possible in fatal Phoenix crash

From the Arizona Republic

11/12/2015  — One man is dead, and another is behind bars after a two-vehicle collision late Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Phoenix police say, James Coughenour, 36, was impaired when his full-size pickup truck collided with a sports car near 41st Avenue and Union Hills Drive at about 11:30 a.m.

The car was travelling west along Union Hills when the truck attempted a left turn, clipping the car and pinning it against a light pole, Phoenix police Lt. Emilien Sapon said.

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The collision left the sports car nearly wrapped around the pole, and its driver, 21-year-old Timothy Jordan, had to be extricated from the vehicle. Phoenix fire officials say he was taken to a hospital in very serious condition while the driver of the truck refused medical treatment.

Jordan died at the hospital, according to Sgt. Trent Crump, a Phoenix, police spokesman. ....MORE