A 15-year-old is dead after being hit by a vehicle Friday in the 11900 block of North 19 th Avenue in Phoenix, police said.

Phoenix police detectives are investigating the hit-and-run that occurred about 5 p.m. Nov. 14 near 19 th Avenue and Cactus Road.

Officers arrived and found Jaime Pacheco Ramirez with serious injuries. He was taken to a hospital but did not survive, police said.

The unidentified driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene “for a short period of time but ran from the area when officers arrived on scene. Officers gave chase and apprehended the man a short distance from the scene,” according to a Phoenix Police Department release.

He was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries related to the collision and has been processed for being impai

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