MARICOPA, Ariz. — One person died in a head-on crash on SR 347, or John Wayne Parkway, in Maricopa, according to officials with the city's police department.

The crash happened on John Wayne Parkway just south of Sonoran Desert Parkway after one of the vehicles entered the wrong lane of travel and collided head-on with another vehicle, officials said.

Both drivers suffered life-threatening injuries and one died while being rescued from the crash, officials said.

"Due to the magnitude and the subsequent fatality, the Pinal County Vehicular Crimes Unit (VCU) has been asked to assist in the investigation, which is ongoing," officials said in a statement.

Southbound John Wayne Parkway is closed at Sonoran Desert Parkway and northbound is restricted to one lane, officials said. Officials ex

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