PHOENIX — A man is dead following a fatal crash in central Phoenix, police said.
Phoenix police responded to the intersection of 19th Avenue and Indian School Road on Thursday evening to investigate a serious crash. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from life-threatening injuries, police said.
The man, later identified as 33-year-old Ulisses Torres, was taken to the hospital and was later pronounced dead by medical staff.
Detectives responded to the incident and learned from a witness that the motorcyclist was riding south on 19th Avenue and as he passed through the intersection on a green light, a car struck him. The car was making a left turn to go west on Indian School Road, police said.
The driver of the car stayed on scene and did not show any signs of impairment, police said.
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