Overview
- Officers responded to reports of a crash at Cave Creek Road and Greenway Road and found a bicyclist with life‑threatening injuries.
- The bicyclist was taken to a nearby hospital and later died; authorities have not publicly released the victim’s identity.
- Police say the driver fled the scene but was later located and taken into custody and the investigation remains active.
- The intersection was closed in all directions, drivers were urged to use alternate routes, and investigators are processing the scene.
- Authorities asked anyone with information to call Silent Witness at 480‑WITNESS or 480‑TESTIGO for Spanish speakers and noted this case is separate from an unrelated fatal north Phoenix crash reported in May.