Phoenix police said they had arrested a driver believed to have run over a pedestrian and killed a 56-year-old man on Saturday afternoon.
Officers responded to the accident with a pedestrian near 43rd and Northern Avenues shortly after 2 p.m., Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Anna Justus said.
The pedestrian, who was identified as Alberto Anthony Urbina on Sunday, was pronounced dead at the scene, Jupiter said.
Police learned that 21-year-old Sebastian Garcia-Castillo was driving a vehicle north at high speed on 43rd Avenue when he met Urbina, who was on a zebra crossing near Butler Drive, Jupiter said.
It was believed that speed and discomfort were factors behind the crash, Jupiter said.
According to Justus, Garcia-Castillo stayed at the scene. He was finally arrested and charged with manslaughter, said Jupiter.
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