The BriefCatherine King, 51, was killed when she went to check on a driver who crashed on Loop 202 in Phoenix early Sunday morning.She didn't know it, but DPS says the driver had already fled from their car.

A woman checking on a vehicle's occupants who crashed after losing control was killed after another vehicle struck her on March 9, 2025.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A good Samaritan was killed after getting out of her car to check on a crash on a busy east Phoenix freeway on Sunday morning, which led to a series of collisions, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Troopers identified the good Samaritan as 51-year-old Catherine King, of Mesa.

A good Samaritan was killed when DPS says she went to check on a driver who crashed on Loop 202 on Sunday morning. She didn't know it, but the driver had reportedly already left the scene. She was hit by another driver.