Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle on northeast side

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday morning on the city’s northeast side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Just after 5:45 a.m., IMPD officers received a report of a pedestrian struck at East 46th Street and Brown Road. That is located near the intersection of 46th and Emerson.

Officers arrived and found a man with injuries consistent with trauma. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators believe that a vehicle was traveling eastbound on East 46th Street and struck the man in the roadway at Brown Road.

The driver stayed at the scene and was cooperating with the police.

News 8 reached out to the Marion County Coroner’s Office for the ID of the man who died but did not receive a response.