LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A person was struck and killed by a train near downtown Las Vegas on Friday afternoon, police say.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the area near Charleston Boulevard and Commerce Street on reports on a dead body around 3:42 p.m.

Traffic on the east and westbound lanes of Wyoming Avenue — south of the crash — are blocked off after the train came to a stop.

Union Pacific Railroad is taking over the investigation. Channel 13 has reached out for more information.

This is a developing story. Channel 13 will add updates as they are made available.

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