LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — A pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday evening in the south Las Vegas Valley.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the pedestrian was crossing the street at Valley View Boulevard and Somerset Hills Avenue, near Cactus Avenue, when a vehicle hit them.

The pedestrian was transported to the hospital in critical condition but later died, according to Metro.

Valley View is being shut down from Cactus to Bella Palermo Way, police said.

No other details have been released at this time.

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