AZ Woman Trisha Ann Mendoza ID’d As Victim In Friday Fatal Yuma Single-Vehicle Crash

YUMA, AZ. (THECOUNT) — Trisha Ann Mendoza of Somerton, Arizona, has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash in Yuma Friday morning.

Mendoza, 33, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Yuma Friday morning after she failed to observe a stop sign and collided with a medal utility pole near South Avenue A & West 8th Street, in Yuma, AZ.

According to a crash report, Mendoza was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the violent collision.

Mendoza was pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Critical Accident Response Team responded to the scene and assumed the investigation, reports KYMA.

Friends and family member stook to Facebook to remember the beloved woman:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Geo quick facts: Yuma is a city in southwest Arizona. Overlooking the Colorado River, Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is home to the preserved cells and guard tower of a Wild West–era prison. Nearby, Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park was a 19th-century military warehouse and telegraph station. A 1907 steam locomotive on Pivot Point Plaza commemorates the Southern Pacific Railroad, which once ran through the city – wikipedia.