Phoenix police: 12-year-old girl dies after hit-and-run crash

PHOENIX (KSAZ) - Police say a 12-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a car at a Phoenix intersection on Tuesday morning.

According to Sgt. Armando Carbajal of Phoenix police, the girl was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of 59th Avenue and Indian School Road.

Police say the vehicle did not stop after the collision and left the scene.

The girl was taken to a local hospital where she later died.

Police say there is no description of the suspect's vehicle available at this time.

The intersection of 59th Avenue and Indian School was reopened just after 11 a.m.

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