Waterloo Regional Police say charges are pending after a female pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle exiting a parking lot on Queen Street South near Joseph Street in downtown Kitchener.

Police say the pedestrian was hit at about 5 p.m. on Monday evening and rushed to St. Mary's General Hospital by paramedics, where she was declared dead.

Investigators say both the pedestrian and the driver of the vehicle are both from Kitchener and that charges are pending against the driver.