PHOENIX — A man is dead and police are looking for the driver who hit the man and fled the scene early Sunday morning in north Phoenix.
Phoenix police say they were called to the area along Thunderbird Road just east of 43rd Avenue just after 3:15 a.m. for a possible hit-and-run.
When officers arrived, they found a man in the roadway with obvious signs of trauma.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. He's been identified as a man in his early 40s.
Witnesses told police the man was hit by a car that drove off after the crash.
A description of the vehicle has not yet been released.
The crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
