A two vehicle, head-on collision killed four people on Labor Day. The collision occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, along State Route 260 at mile marker 300, just west of Heber-Overgaard.

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) four people traveling in a black vehicle died in the crash. They were identified as 26-year-old Giovanni Uballe Huerta from Laveen, 26-year-old Kiah Jae Begaye from Mesa, a 4-year-old boy from Mesa and a 2-year-old boy from Mesa.

DPS said a 21-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy, who were in a pickup truck and both from New Mexico, were hospitalized in the Valley after the crash.

The driver of the pickup truck was identified as Jesse David Lovato, 21, from Los Lunas, N.M. Lovato was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and four counts of manslaughter and was booked into the Navajo County Jail.

The crash remains under investigation, and a specific cause has not been identified.