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Elderly pedestrian dies after crash in east Las Vegas Valley

An 80-year-old pedestrian died after a crash Thursday evening in the east valley.

At about 6:30 p.m. a silver Nissan sedan hit the woman near South Nellis and East Charleston boulevards, the Metropolitan Police Department said. She had been walking outside of a crosswalk.

The woman was taken to University Medical Center and died at about 7 p.m., Metro said.

The silver Nissan remained at the scene.

Contact Rachel Hershkovitz at rhershkovitz@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @rzhershkovitz on Twitter.

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