PHOENIX — Police are investigating after a 10-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle near 23rd Avenue and Thunderbird Road Tuesday morning.
Around 8 a.m., emergency crews were called to the area for a crash involving a child pedestrian. The boy, identified by police as Jayveon Grant, was taken to a hospital where he died.
During a preliminary investigation, detectives learned a pickup truck pulling a trailer was stopped at a stop sign getting ready to make a right turn.
The boy and an adult family member were walking nearby when the adult walked between the pickup and the trailer. Police say the truck began to move to make a right turn and the trailer struck the boy, who later died.
The adult did not suffer any injuries.
Officials say the driver involved stayed at the scene and impairment is not believed to be a factor.
An investigation remains ongoing.
