Head-On Collision Kills Joyce McNeil, James McNeil and Durrell Smith

Arizona City, Arizona—Three people were killed in a head-on collision on Sunland Gin Road near Battaglia Drive on Monday afternoon.  According to Pinal County Sheriff’s Office accident investigators, Durrell Smith, age 26, was southbound on Sunland Gin Road when his sedan drifted across the center line and struck a Ford SUV head-on. 

A front seat passenger in the SUV, Joyce McNeil, age 83, died at the scene, as did Mr. Smith.  The SUV’s driver, identified as James McNeil, age 83, was air evac'd to a hospital where he later died.

The accident is still under investigation.

We offer our condolences to the victims’s families and friends at this time of tragic loss for them.