TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tucson police say failure to yield during a left turn was the main cause of a car crash which claimed one life Friday at North Alvernon Way and East Lee Street.
According to the Tucson Police Department (TPD), 79-year-old Robert Paul Willie passed away two days after the crash, on Sunday.
The TDP says Willie was transported to Banner - University Medical Center with "minor injuries" after officers and Tucson Fire Department arrived at the scene of the wreck.
Reports show he was driving a 2005 Honda Civic southbound on Alvernon and was making a left turn onto Lee Street when someone driving a 2015 Kia Optima hit him.
Officers who investigated the scene of the crash determined that neither driver showed signs of impairment.
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