PHOENIX — Police are investigating a hit-and-run in west Phoenix that left a man dead on Sunday night.

The Phoenix Police Department identified the man who was killed in the collision as 45-year-old Mark Joseph Knapp.

According to Phoenix PD, officers responded to the area of 35th Avenue and Roosevelt Street for reports of a collision involving a male pedestrian around 9:42 p.m.

When police arrived on scene, they reportedly found Knapp in critical condition. The Phoenix Fire Department took Knapp to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

According to detectives, preliminary information suggests that Knapp was in a crosswalk on the north side of the intersection, walking eastbound against the light when he was struck by the car.

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