PHOENIX — A police officer who was conducting a DUI stop on a vehicle in Phoenix died after another vehicle struck him and then fled the scene.
Authorities said late Sunday afternoon that police in Surprise located the SUV that struck 29-year-old Officer Daryl Raetz around 3:30 a.m. Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said investigators are working to identify the driver.
The hit-and-run collision happened as Raetz was standing in the roadway and was wrapping up the DUI stop.
Raetz later died at a hospital.