PHOENIX — A suspect has been taken into custody after a woman sustained fatal injuries last Friday morning in a hit-and-run crash in the West Valley, police said.
Akua Mashavu Safiya Miggins, 36, was a passenger in a car traveling westbound on Indian School Road when the vehicle was struck from behind by another car at about 2 a.m.
The victim's vehicle then struck a pole near the 67th Avenue intersection and subsequently rolled over. Miggins died at the scene and the car's driver was taken to the hospital, Phoenix police said.
The adult male driver of the other vehicle fled from the scene on foot. Investigators were able to later identify the driver by looking up the registration of the vehicle's license plate.
Court records show the driver, identified as 40-year-old Francisco Garcia, was taken into custody on Sept. 3. He allegedly admitted to fleeing from the scene of the crash because "he was scared," records show.
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