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Funeral For Phoenix Police Officer Scheduled For Thursday

A funeral has been scheduled for Thursday morning to honor a Phoenix police officer killed in a violent crash authorities said was caused by someone who ran a red light.

The service for Officer Ginarro New is scheduled for 9 a.m. June 10 at Dream City Church in north Phoenix.

Late on Memorial Day, New was southbound on Cave Creek Road in a patrol SUV. His vehicle was hit in the Greenway Parkway intersection by a car authorities said ran the red light.

The force of the crash sent the police SUV through a block wall and into a parking lot.

New, 27, died at a hospital.

The driver of the other car was also killed in the accident.

Matthew Casey has won Edward R. Murrow awards for hard news and sports reporting since he joined KJZZ as a senior field correspondent in 2015.