AUSTIN, Texas – A man is dead after he was hit by a car in Southeast Austin late Tuesday night.

The man, in his 30s, was on the 1800 block of East State Highway 71, near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, when he was hit.

Austin/Travis County EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Westbound lanes were shut down causing drivers to use Farm to Market 973 as a detour. There were delays in the area for several hours.