PD: Man with severe head injury found in north Phoenix road

PHOENIX - Police say a man who was found with a severe head injury in a north Phoenix road has died Thursday morning.

Bell Road between 40th and 44th streets has been shut down for what they're calling a hit-and-run investigation. It’s unclear when it will reopen.

According to police, it all started when police were called to a bar near 32nd Street and Cactus Road around 12:30 a.m.

Officers reportedly broke up a disagreement among several people and had those customers leave the bar.

An officer saw one of the men involved in the argument leave the scene in a taxi, police said.

That same officer later responded to reports of a body found in the middle of Bell Road near 40th Street around 1:30 a.m.

The officer found the man and realized it was the same person who left the bar earlier in a taxi, police said.

The man, in his 30s, was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

His name has not been released.

Police have not said if the hit-and-run is related to the bar incident, or if it was a random vehicle.