PHOENIX — A man is dead and another is in custody after a hit-and-run crash Saturday morning in west Phoenix.
Phoenix police say they were called to the area near 59th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard around 6 a.m. for a crash with injuries.
When officers arrived, they found a man, identified as 51-year-old Aquileo Najera, in one of the vehicles involved with serious injuries.
Najera ultimately died at the scene from those injuries.
Officials say the man driving the other vehicle initially fled the scene on foot.
Police say 19-year-old Enrique Renteria Arroyo was later located at a nearby home and arrested.
According to police, Arroyo was driving southbound on 58th Drive at a high rate of speed when he ran a stop sign at Encanto Boulevard striking Najera's vehicle.
Police say Arroyo admitted he was impaired while in custody.
He was booked into jail on multiple counts of DUI, manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death or serious physical injury.
The investigation remains ongoing.
