LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A person is dead after police said they were struck by a train near downtown Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Metro police received a call on Friday at 3:42 p.m. in reference to a body found near Charleston Boulevard and Commerce Street.

The police investigation determined that the person had been hit by the train and died from injuries.

The east and westbound lanes of West Wyoming Avenue at Industrial Road are now blocked due to the stopped train, according to the RTC of Southern Nevada.

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