Overview
- A man was found with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle and was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition, police said Friday.
- Authorities say the driver remained at the scene and detectives restricted streets while they processed evidence and interviewed witnesses.
- Published accounts give conflicting times and locations for the same collision, with some reports placing the call near 15th and Clarendon around 5 a.m. and others near 7th Street and Thomas Road around 3:45 a.m.
- Investigators have not released a cause for the crash or announced any charges, and work at the scene continued for hours as officers seek to confirm what happened.
- The collision comes during a recent run of serious pedestrian and vehicle incidents in Phoenix that have prompted renewed warnings from police about leaving crash scenes and reckless driving.