{"id":522016,"date":"2026-01-17T05:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522016\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T05:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T05:09:09","slug":"woman-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-in-north-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522016\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies after being hit by car in north Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A woman has died after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/01\/15\/woman-hit-by-car-north-phoenix-rushed-hospital-critical-condition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2026\/01\/15\/woman-hit-by-car-north-phoenix-rushed-hospital-critical-condition\/\">being hit by a car in north Phoenix on Thursday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Police released Friday her name as 50-year-old Jennifer Stitt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Police said the driver was stopped at a red light <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/W+Deer+Valley+Rd+%26+N+26th+Ave,+Phoenix,+AZ+85027\/@33.6841419,-112.1200772,16.5z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x872b6f66f9ecae61:0x1168f6b4dac2dbad!8m2!3d33.683798!4d-112.1155577!16s%2Fg%2F11gdr9mpfk?entry=tts&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMS4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&amp;skid=b96508f1-fff4-4f3f-94b1-eaf4f02b20d0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/W+Deer+Valley+Rd+%26+N+26th+Ave,+Phoenix,+AZ+85027\/@33.6841419,-112.1200772,16.5z\/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x872b6f66f9ecae61:0x1168f6b4dac2dbad!8m2!3d33.683798!4d-112.1155577!16s%2Fg%2F11gdr9mpfk?entry=tts&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMS4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&amp;skid=b96508f1-fff4-4f3f-94b1-eaf4f02b20d0\">on Deer Valley Road near 26th Avenue, just west of Interstate 17<\/a>, and once it changed, started heading west just before 6 a.m. That\u2019s when Stitt stepped out in front of the driver, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Police said the driver involved called 911. Stitt was taken to the hospital, where she later died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Police said the driver stayed on the scene and impairment is not a factor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KTVK\/KPHO. 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