Moped driver dead after hit-and-run crash in Phoenix
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PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - A man driving a moped is dead after a collision with a vehicle in Phoenix on Saturday.
Around 10:15 a..m., Phoenix police responded to a crash near 36th Street and Thomas Road between a vehicle and a moped. When officers arrived, they found the moped driver, identified as 34-year-old Leif Chapin, with serious injuries. He was taken to the hopspital where he died. The vehicle involved in the crash took off from the scene.
Investigators say Chapin was going south on 36th Street when a car traveling north made a left turn and hit him. A suspect has not been identified. Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Witness at 480(WITNESS) or 480(TESTEGO) and provide an anonymous tip.
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