Sunset Point

A man from Surprise was arrested Thursday after Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies seized $150-thousand worth of meth during a traffic stop on Interstate-17 north of Sunset Point. Deputies pulled over a 2014 white Nissan Altima, driven by 26-year-old Carlos Camargo-Urias, after authorities saw him driving recklessly. During the stop there were several red flags andFull Story

Interstate-17 has reopened after it was closed for several hours due to a brush fire north of Sunset Point. The Black Mesa Fire burned 200 acres and had the interstate closed for more than ten hours. The highway reopened just after midnight. The closure forced traffic to be detoured through Payson or Prescott going northFull Story

There was an accident involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate-17 near Sunset Point Sunday night. DPS says a 1996 white Dodge Ram pickup truck was heading northbound in the southbound lanes, when it hit a 2011 light blue Toyota Rav4 head on. The male driver of the Rav4 sustained minor injuries and was not transportedFull Story

A wrong-way vehicle caused a deadly accident and then left the scene early Monday morning south of Flagstaff on Interstate-17. DPS officials say the accident happened at around 12:30 a.m. near Sunset Point. Officials say the wrong-way vehicle was reported in the northbound lanes driving south near milepost 256. A second vehicle tried to missFull Story

A fatal accident closed southbound Interstate-17 early Thursday morning near Black Canyon City. ADOT says the crash happened at around 3 a.m. at milepost 252. The crash was a rollover involving a car and a tractor trailer. DPS says the crash killed a ten-year-old girl and injured her father and his 14-year-old brother. Southbound trafficFull Story

A semi-truck driver walked away from a rollover accident on southbound Interstate-17 Saturday at the Bumble Bee Road exit. Daisy Mountain Fire Department officials say the trucks brakes failed and caused the truck to tip over coming around a curve on the highway. Officials want to remind drivers to use caution when driving on I-17Full Story

A fatal crash closed the northbound lanes of Interstate-17 for over four hours near Sunset Point Friday. DPS says a semi-truck was part of a five-vehicle collision, which included two cars, a pickup truck and a box truck. The accident happened near Bloody Basin Road at around 9:30 a.m. Authorities say one person was killedFull Story

If you have plans to drive up or down Interstate-17 tonight, you may run into some construction work. ADOT crews will be doing some guardrail work that will narrow the road in some places. From 6:30 until 11:30 tonight, southbound I-17 will be narrowed to one lane at Cordes Junction for two miles. Then fromFull Story

A suspect allegedly fires a hand gun during a road rage incident Wednesday at the Sunset Point rest area off Interstate-17 south of Flagstaff. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say a semi-truck driver was parking his rig at the rest stop when a man driving a BMW cut him off and nearly caused an accident. TheFull Story

A brush fire closed Interstate-17 in both directions for a few hours last night. ADOT closed the highway at Sunset Point to battle the Sun Fire just off I-17 and near the Brooklyn Fire that is burning east of Sunset Point. The fire started at around 4 p.m. and was contained at around 9 p.m.Full Story