Woman dead after being hit by a car in Phoenix

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- A woman is dead after being hit by a car in Phoenix early Monday morning.

Around 5 a.m. Phoenix police were called to a collision involving a pedistrian near 19th Avenue and Bethany Home Road. The pedistrian, later identified as 47-year-old Michelle Yazzie, died at the scene. Detectives say Yazzie was not in a crosswalk when she walked across 19th Avenue and was hit by a car.

Police say speed is a factor of the crash, but the driver showed no signs of impairment. The investigation into the crash remains ongoing.