PHOENIX — A person has died after being involved in a crash with a Phoenix police officer in north Phoenix.
Around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, emergency crews were called to the intersection at Cave Creek and Pinnacle roads for a crash involving two vehicles.
At the scene, a Phoenix Police Department vehicle and a passenger car could be seen with damage.
Officials say the officer was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the other vehicle, identified as 53-year-old Erik Yrigollen, was taken to a hospital and later died.
Officials believe the driver of the civilian vehicle ran a red light while heading westbound before hitting the police vehicle, which was headed northbound.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
