PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix are looking for a driver who fled the scene after a man in a wheelchair was struck and killed by a vehicle on a residential street northeast of downtown.
Police say they responded to the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian near 48th Street and McDowell Road at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
The victim was identified as 40-year-old Jeremy Ortiz.
Police say the driver left the area and has not been identified. An investigation was continuing on Sunday.
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