After Running From Traffic Stop, Man Dies in I-10 Hit-and-Run

By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson

Jun. 24–A fatal hit-and-run collision on Interstate 10 near Benson had westbound traffic on the highway closed for several hours Friday night.

Investigators had few details, but said the incident began about 9 p.m. when Border Patrol agents pulled over a white Chevrolet pickup truck headed westbound.

When the pickup pulled into the median, one man ran from the truck into traffic, said Officer Jim Oien, a Department of Public Safety spokesman.

The man was fatally struck by a vehicle that didn’t stop, Oien said.

The car was described as a blue mid-1990s Buick. Police were still searching for the vehicle late Friday, Oien said.

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