A woman died Friday night after a vehicle struck her near 19th Avenue and Camelback Road in Phoenix, according to police. Officers arrived just before 10 p.m. and found the adult with critical injuries. The Phoenix Fire Department took her to a hospital, where she later died. Investigators said the driver stayed at the scene while detectives began sorting out what happened.
As reported by ABC15, Phoenix police said officers responded just before 10 p.m. to calls about a crash involving a pedestrian at 19th Avenue and Camelback Road. The station noted that Phoenix Fire transported the woman to a hospital and that investigators said the driver did not leave the area. Police have not shared further details about what led up to the collision.
Crash Site Sits On Known High-Injury Stretch
City planning and safety documents list sections of Camelback Road and nearby avenues as part of Phoenix’s “high-injury network,” corridors that account for a disproportionate share of crashes in which people are killed or seriously hurt. Officials have flagged these areas for targeted safety fixes and enforcement.
According to the City of Phoenix Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan, the city has pursued measures such as signal and lighting upgrades and the use of photo-enforcement cameras along priority corridors. Local reporting has repeatedly called out intersections in the Camelback area as recurring problem spots, highlighting a broader safety challenge in the corridor, as detailed by KJZZ…