Pheonix police detectives are examining whether speed was the cause of a Tuesday night collision that left a woman dead and hospitalized three others.

The crash occurred about 6:15 p.m. Oct. 3 near 69^th Avenue and Thomas Road, police said.

Preliminary information suggests Bibiana Mendoza, 20, was was in a vehicle traveling eastbound on Thomas Road nearing 69^th Avenue when it collided with another making an eastbound turn onto Thomas Road from 69^th Avenue, according to detectives.

Another vehicle, also traveling eastbound, collided with the vehicle Mendoza was in causing it to roll over, police said.

Mendoza, a passenger in one of the vehicles, died at the scene. The men driving the three cars involved were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Impairment is not believed to be a factor; however, speed is likely to be a factor in the collision, according to a release from the Phoenix Police Department.

Authorities said the accident reconstruction portion of the investigation will aid in determining the cause.