Man dies after being hit by a car in south Phoenix

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Broadway Road was closed for about a half-mile stretch in south Phoenix early Friday morning after police say a man was hit and killed by a car.

Phoenix police were called out to the area of 19th Avenue and Broadway Road around 5 a.m. When officers showed up, they learned that a man was crossing Broadway Road when he was hit by a car that was headed east. Details on the driver have not been released.

Broadway Road from 15th Avenue to 19th Avenue was closed for about five hours during the investigation, and reopened at 10 a.m.