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(Des Moines, IA) -- A person's dead after being hit by a car on Des Moines's south side. Police say a 35-year-old man was crossing Indianola Avenue at Pioneer Road around 10:42 p.m. Thursday when he was hit by a 23-year-old woman driving a car. Police say the woman tried to swerve to miss the man but ended up hitting him. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. He hasn't been identified. Police say this is the 9th traffic-related death in Des Moines this year.