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Sunday, December 29, 2013

A man standing on the sidewalk waiting to cross the street was struck and killed by an SUV spinning out of control from a two-car crash, police said.

A car traveling westbound on Greenway tried to turn left onto 29th Street and hit the SUV that was heading eastbound, officers said.

The SUV spun after getting hit and struck Cameron Matthew Hall.

The intersection at 29th Street and Greenway is expected to be closed for several hours while police follow up their investigation.

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

A 27-year-old man was hit and killed at Bell Road and 19th Avenue early Sunday morning, police said.

The Phoenix Police Department said the man was walking across Bell Road northbound in the cross walk against the "Don't Walk" signal, when he was hit by a 1993 Lincoln Mark 8.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Lincoln was evaluated and showed no signs of impairment.

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Phoenix police are looking for an ATV rider who fled the scene of a fatal dirt bike accident in Phoenix on Tuesday. The vehicles collided in the desert near the 25,000 block of North 57th Street around 5 p.m. The rider of the dirt bike, Frisco Davidson-Spurs Yankolovich, 20, was rushed to a local hospital, where he died of his injuries, said a Phoenix Police Sgt. The rider of the quad stopped and looked at the victim, then left the scene, police said. Police said there are no signs of the ATV rider.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
A 28-year-old man is dead after he was ejected from his car early Wednesday morning in Phoenix. The man was driving a sedan east on Tierra Buena Lane, just north of Greenway Road, at 47th Avenue when he lost control, hit a cemented mailbox and tree stump and the car rolled, said Phoenix police. The driver was ejected and his body came to rest in the street. Police said some residents in the area said they heard a loud noise between 2 and 3 a.m., but no one went outside to see what it was, Holmes said. Police were called to the scene until about 5 a.m., he said.
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Saturday, December 14, 2013

One person was killed just after midnight Sunday in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 17, officials said.

A small passenger car and a large truck collided about 12:15 a.m. on southbound I-17 at Dixileta Road, according to the Department of Public Safety.

One person was killed, but police had not released the person’s identity Sunday morning.

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Friday, December 13, 2013
A woman in her 20s was killed in a hit-and-run at 19th Avenue and Baseline Road around 8 p.m. on Saturday, according to officials. The intersection is closed until further notice as Phoenix police investigate the scene, the Phoenix police said. UPDATE: Alexandra Morales has been identified as the victim in this incident. 12/15/13
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
A 3-year-old boy being pushed across the street in a stroller by his 10-year-old sister was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a pickup truck. Phoenix police said Anthony Meade was in the stroller as the siblings, their mother and grandmother and another sibling were leaving a shopping area near 20th Street and Camelback Road about 7:30 p.m., said Phoenix police. Police said the family was walking north across Camelback in the crosswalk when a 2009 Toyota Tundra pickup truck heading north on 20th Street turned left at Camelback to go west and ran over the stroller and the boy.
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Friday, November 29, 2013

A man and woman were killed in a motorcycle crash early Saturday morning, after their motorcycle hit a concrete barrier on Interstate 10 and they plunged over the side of an overpass, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The male driver lost control of the motorcycle as he drove onto the westbound I-10 transition ramp to northbound Interstate 17.

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Friday, November 29, 2013

Phoenix police say a man was killed in an accident that involved a bicycle and a pickup truck.

Police said the collision happened Friday night when 53-year-old Stephen Dolan Price tried to cross the street. Officers found him lying in the road with severe injuries.

Price was taken to a local hospital, where he died.

Witnesses told police they saw Price trying to cross at the intersection of Grand Avenue and McDowell Road against a red light. They said he appeared to be looking west for approaching traffic when he was struck by a truck coming from the east.

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Monday, November 25, 2013
The ramp from eastbound Interstate 8 to eastbound Interstate 10 is closed because of a rollover crash involving a semi carrying automotive parts, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. All eastbound traffic on I-8 is being directed to westbound I-10. Eastbound traffic can exit I-10 West at State Route 84 (about one-half mile from the I-8/I-10 interchange), turn right and enter I-10 East immediately.