On Sunday, May 30, 2021, at about 10:30 p.m., Buckeye police were called to a multi-vehicle accident at Verrado Way and Van Buren Street. When officers got there one vehicle was engulfed in flames, a second vehicle had someone trapped inside, and a third vehicle had rolled several times and landed in a nearby field. 

Officers were able to free the female trapped in the second vehicle. She was transported in critical condition. The male driver of the third vehicle was also transported to the hospital with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries. When firefighters extinguished the car on fire, they discovered two people who were unable to escape the flames. Sadly, both were pronounced dead at the scene.  

The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Buckeye Police Traffic Enforcement Unit. 

The names of the victims are not being released until they are positively identified by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office and then pending notification of family.