By Brittany Bade
AZ Central
FLORENCE, Ariz. — A rollover crash on Arizona 79 carrying an all-inmate wildland fire crew injured two state corrections officers and eight inmates near Florence on Wednesday.
The rollover, initially described as a single-vehicle crash, occurred at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday approximately 10 miles south of Florence — home to federal, state and contract prison facilities.
Officials said the wildland fire crew was returning from an assignment in Oro Valley. It rolled when the driver swerved to avoid a vehicle blocking the northbound lane of the two-lane highway.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating.
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