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Driver sought after deadly hit-and-run crash in Phoenix

Posted at 9:46 AM, Dec 23, 2017
and last updated 2017-12-24 18:03:42-05

Police are searching for a driver after a woman was struck and killed by a vehicle in Phoenix on Friday night. 

According to the Phoenix Police Department, just before 6:30 p.m., officers responded to 15th and Peoria avenues for a report of an injured person. 

As officers arrived, they determined that an adult woman had been struck by a vehicle that had fled the area. 

The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died.

Police have identified the victim as 53-year-old Jessie Lindsey.

Police say a vehicle's bumper was left at the scene, which detectives determined belongs to a 2011 Dodge Charger. 

If you have any information on this collision, you are asked to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS, you can remain anonymous.