Pedestrian dead crossing street in south Phoenix, car driver injured

PHOENIX — A male pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car while crossing the street on Thursday morning in south Phoenix, authorities said.

Police responded to the area of 16th Street and Broadway Road at around 5 a.m. and discovered 21-year-old Angel Gamboa-Serrano on the ground with “critical injuries,” according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Phoenix firefighters then arrived on the scene and took Gamboa-Serrano to a nearby hospital. He didn’t recover from the injury and died at the hospital.

Details of pedestrian death in south Phoenix crosswalk

After initial investigation, detectives learned Gamboa-Serrano had attempted to cross 16th Street outside of the marked crosswalk when the vehicle hit him…

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