PHOENIX — A female pedestrian is dead after being struck by a car while crossing the street on Monday evening in south Phoenix, authorities said.
Police responded to the area of Southern and 19th avenues around 8:10 p.m. and discovered 79-year-old Carrie McGlory with “critical injuries,” according to the Phoenix Police Department.
Paramedics took McGlory to a nearby hospital where she died.
Details of pedestrian death in south Phoenix
After an initial investigation, detectives learned McGlory was struck while she was in the two-way left turn lane when the vehicle was attempting to turn left onto southbound 19th Avenue…