Phoenix police investigating the death of a pedestrian who appears to have been hit by the light rail

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who appears to have been struck by the city's light rail, authorities said.

Just before 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, officers responded to a call for "unknown trouble" near 34th Street and East Washington Street. When they arrived, they found a person injured near the light rail tracks.

That person was pronounced dead on the scene, authorities said. A police spokesperson said that there wasn't a light rail stopped in the area. 

Detectives are working with Valley Metro Light Rail to gather more information about the potential collision, and are currently handling the investigation as a collision between the pedestrian and the light rail, a police spokesperson said.

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