Phoenix hit-and-run leaves woman, dog dead

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Nov 11, 2026
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New at four, a Valley family is pleading for answers tonight after
a senseless hit and run crash that took the life of a young woman
and her dog. Phoenix police are now asking the public
to be on the lookout for a vehicle that sped away from the scene.
Fox 10's Nicole Christine joins us now with more. Nicole.
That's right.
Genevieve Vega was hit and killed by a minivan last month
when she was just walking her dog in central Phoenix.
Today, her brother sat down with us,
begging whoever was behind the wheel to come forward.
Here are the details about the crash.
It happened right around 7 in the evening on October 24th.
Investigators say Genevieve was crossing the street
in the area of 8th Street and Missouri
when she and her dog Baxter were hit by a light-colored champagne
or goldish tan Toyota Sienna.
This is a photo of the type of vehicle.
The driver never stopped to help,
and Genevieve later died from her injuries at the hospital.
Genevieve's brother says he received the devastating call
while working an overnight shift.
He says his sister was vibrant and well-loved by family and friends.
It's been like...
Complete shock, just out of nowhere, just like paralyzing,
just like feeling like you got to run around and do a million different
things, but just not having the strength to just take a step.
It's just a lot to have to like kind of put the pieces of it together
while also having to like deal with the fact that they're not there.
Like it'd be best for y'all to just like come clean
and just make sure that errors like this don't happen again.
And because this is this kind of tragedy can happen to anybody.
And if you saw that gold
or champagne colored Toyota Sienna around 8th Street and Missouri
on the evening of October 24th,
or if you know who may have been driving it,
call Phoenix Police right away.
You can submit an anonymous tip to Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS
or visit silentwitness.org
and you could be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward. Meanwhile,
Genevieve's family has set up a GoFundMe for some
of the unexpected expenses that have come along
Along with this tragedy, we have a link.
We'll have a link to that over on fox10phoenix.com.
Nicole Christine, Fox 10 News.
