PHOENIX — Phoenix police released a photo of the car that investigators said crashed into a man on Friday morning and sped off.
The hit-and-run crash happened around 7:30 a.m. at 24th and Wood streets, which is about three miles south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The victim was walking with his 5-year-old son in the road when a car careened towards them. Police said the man pushed his son out of the way before he was struck.
He was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The suspect car is described as a gray, early 2000s model Honda Civic.
The photo from the police shows the car with front-end damage.
If you have any information about the suspect or car, you’re asked to call police or Silent Witness at 480-Witness.
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