1 dead after being struck by a vehicle east of downtown Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — A man died after a car hit him east of downtown Indianapolis, police said.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian struck at about 9:30 Thursday night near the first block of State Avenue between East Washington Street and Southeastern Avenue.

Officers arrived to find the man with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. He was taken to the hospital, but later died, IMPD said.

It was not immediately clear what led to the man being struck by a vehicle.