Raul Valencia, a beloved Tucson priest died in a 2-crash crash on Interstate 19 at kilometer 78 on Friday morning. The crash took place at roughly 8:15 in the morning on Friday. Priest Valencia is on his way to visit family when the accident occurred.
The catholic community in Tucson was devastated by this news and Bishop Edward J Weisenburger posted about the accident on Facebook. The name of the other victim of the crash is not known at this time. However, it appears that there is only one death involved in this accident, that of Valencia.
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The exact cause of the crash is not known right now. Police are still conducting ongoing investigations regarding this accident to try and identify the true cause of the accident and of Valencia’s resulting death.
Valencia’s loss will be more and by his parishioners and all of the members of his community whom he was able to have a positive impact on. Interstate 19 was closed down for several hours following the accident. However, it was eventually reopened after police were able to collect the evidence that they needed for their investigations and after all the debris was cleared from the road, making it safe to drive on again.
Once police reopened the road, traffic was able to flow normally on it again. If you have any information about this accident, please feel free to get in touch with the Tucson Police Department. Your information could potentially be very helpful for the investigation