A spectator at the NHRA Arizona Nationals was killed Sunday by a tire that broke off a a vehicle in the race.

The woman was a spectator at the National Hot Rod Association's Arizona Nationals on Sunday, when a tire broke off a dragster driven by Antron Brown and flew into the stands. The woman was transported to Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix on Sunday, where she was pronounced dead.

A statement released by the organization said "the entire NHRA racing community is in mourning over the tragedy that occurred on Sunday in (Chandler)... Our hearts, our prayers, and our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of the woman who passed away." The statement went on to say that the name of the deceased fan "has not been released to protect the privacy of her family."

The incident is reportedly the circuit's first non-competition fatality since the late 1970's.

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Winter storms on Tuesday created hazardous conditions on Phoenix roadways, causing multiple crashes on I-10 and I-40. The icy conditions caused multiple accidents and a multi-car pile-up on I-10, leaving nine people injured and causing three deaths.

Vehicle fires left the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Casa Grande closed as fire crews attempted to extinguish vehicle fires and help the injured victims receive medical attention. 

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The Arizona Department of Public Safety is currently investigating an accident that resulted in the death of one man.  The accident involved two vehicles and the vehicles involved were a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck.

According to reports,  the pickup truck entered an intersection when the light was red.  The tractor-trailer then struck the pickup truck in the intersection.  The driver of the pickup truck was killed in the accident and both vehicles overturned in the intersection following the collision. 

The accident is currently under investigation and more details should be released at a later time. 

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Toyota announced that it will replace or reshape acceleratorpedals on 3.8 million vehicles as a response to an unintended accelerationproblem that has caused at least one fatal accident. It is the larges recall inthe company’s history.

Vehicles affected by the recall are: 2007-20010 Camrys,2005-2010 Avalons, 2004-2009 Prius’, 2005-2010 Tacomas, 2007-2010 Tundras,2007-2010 Lexus ES 350, 2006 – 2010 Lexus IS 250 and IS350.

The car company also announced it will install a brakeoverride system on the Camrys, Avalons and Lexus’.  

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An Arizona man has drowned while scuba diving off Point Loma in SanDiego. The 46 year-old man was diving with a group on a charter boat about amile off the coast near Sunset Cliffs when he disappeared.

City lifeguards who responded to the emergency call searched the areaand found the man below the surface about an hour after he went missing.  City lifeguard Lt. Andy Lerum said hebelieved the man “took off his buoyancy compensator which had his scuba tank onboard and as soon as he did that, likely he submerged, because he was stillwearing his dive belt.

CPR was performed while transporting the man to lifeguard headquartersand continued on land, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Authorities are still investigating the accident, and no charges havebeen filed against the charter company.

The man’s name has not been released.

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The deaths of two people at an Arizona sweat lodge are beinginvestigated as homicides. The deaths were originally thought to be anaccident.

Police say they are looking into whether the combination of severalelements led to the deaths including improper medical care, dangerousconditions of the sweat lodge, and criminal negligence on the part of theowners.

James Arthur Ray, the leader of the camp, is being looked at aspotentially liable for the deaths. He claims the police are persecuting him inthe media.

Ray told the Huffington Post “I find it very interesting the policeare trying to escalate the case in the media, and frankly, I think theescalation should be in getting the facts. We have one goal and that is to findout what happened so that it never happens again.

Two people have died in the sweat lodge and nineteen others were madeill and rushed to a hospital.

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A man has been convicted on second-degree murder andaggravated assault charges in a car crash that killed a Phoenix couple andinjured their two young children last year.

23-year-old Gabriel Burns is scheduled to be sentencedNovember 18 in Maricopa County Superior Court.

According to police, Burns had a blood-alcohol level of0.159 percent, which is well above the 0.08 percent legal limit, when he ran ared light at 96 mph and crashed into the victims’ car on Mothers Day last year.

51-year-old Refugio Godinez-Barreto and 42-year-old JosefinaGarcia-Godinez were killed in the crash. The couple’s two children, ages 4 and10, were treated at a hospital for injuries.

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