Eight people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Chandler on Saturday that shut down part of a state highway on the outskirts of Phoenix.
Multiple children were among the eight people hospitalized after a sedan and a small truck collided sometime before 6 a.m. near the intersection of State Route 87 and Hunt highway in Chandler, the Maricopa County sheriff's office said.
Some of the injuries are considered life-threatening and all of them are serious, the sheriff's office said.
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Six of the people hurt were in the truck, and two in the sedan, authorities said. No other details have been released.