Father, son die in crash after vehicle hits stalled traffic in interstate construction zone

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News/Gray News) - A man, his son and their family dog were killed in a May 13 crash, which the Arizona Department of Public Safety said is being investigated as a homicide.

The agency said the crash took place just after 3 p.m. on Interstate 10 near milepost 25.

Crash investigators said a passenger sedan was traveling east on I-10 when traffic stopped in the construction zone. The sedan took evasive action, collided with a second vehicle and then pushed it into a third.

According to the Department of Public Safety, the original at-fault sedan continued eastbound and collided with the third and fourth vehicles before eventually coming to a stop.

The occupants inside the vehicle that the sedan initially collided with died due to their injuries.

Family members identified those victims as Quinn Truitt, of Tucson, his 5-year-old son Michael Truitt and their dog.

They were part of a military family at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the crash is being investigated as a homicide, but officials have not yet released the identity of the person who may be at fault in the deadly incident.

A GoFundMe has been created for Quinn Truitt’s wife and the family to help with expenses.

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