Update

Highway near Country Thunder reopens after fatality

A Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy patrols the campsite at a past Country Thunder in Florence. PCSO, the Florence Police Department and the Arizona Department of Transportation are working to alleviate traffic congestion during the event which runs from Thursday through Sunday. (PCSO)

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State Route 287 west of Florence — the site of Country Thunder — has reopened after being closed for most of the day while law enforcement investigated a fatal crash.

SR 287 was closed in both directions between Valley Farms Road and Centennial Park Avenue.

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