PHOENIX — A motorcyclist is dead after a crash at a busy Phoenix intersection early Friday morning.
The collision involving a motorcycle and another vehicle happened around 5 a.m. near 35th Avenue and Thomas Road.
Phoenix Police Department officials say the motorcycle rider was pronounced dead at the scene.
The motorcycle rider was identified Saturday as 22-year-old Elijah Payton.
The other driver involved in the crash stayed at the scene, but other details about the collision are still under investigation.
