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Hit-and-run crash leaves 29-year-old man dead at Camelback Road and 16th Street

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Updated  September 23, 2024 9:13am MST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 10 Phoenix

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The Brief

    • A hit-and-run crash left a person dead in Phoenix on Sept. 21.
    • The at-fault vehicle was still on the scene when the police arrived, but the driver ran away on foot.
    • The suspect who allegedly fled the scene turned himself in a day later.

PHOENIX - A hit-and-run crash at the intersection of 16th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix left a person dead on Saturday.

Police identified the victim as 29-year-old Dillon Mares.

According to a report, Mares was found with serious injuries around 12:30 a.m. and first responders attempted life-saving measures, but he was pronounced dead on scene.

"The at fault vehicle involved in the collision was on scene, but the driver took off on foot from the area prior to police arrival," Sergeant Robert Scherer wrote in the report.

About a day after the crash, Phoenix Police said the suspect, Travis Smith, 24, admitted to police that he ran from the scene. He was arrested following a brief hospitalization due to his injuries from the collision.

Travis Smith

He is accused of manslaughter and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death or a serious injury.

Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO.

The Source

  • Phoenix Police provided information for this story.