US-59 reopened after man hit by car

Highway 59 is reopened after a two-hour closure while Sugar Land police conducted a fatality investigation where a pedestrian was hit today around 1:15 p.m. today.

According to Doug Adolph with the Sugar Land Police Department, the pedestrian, a Hispanic male, was hit after struggling with county deputies and trying to escape by running across the freeway. He was taken from the scene in LifeFlight but has died, Adolph said.

According to Adolph a Fort Bend County Constable saw a Toyota Camry driving erratically on Highway 59 southbound and turned on emergency lights. The Camry made a "hard left turn across several lanes of traffic and hit the center wall." The driver jumped from the car and struggled with officers who tried to subdue him.

"The suspect was able to break free at some point and was hit by a vehicle when he attempted to flee across the freeway," Adolph said.

Sugar Land police do not know why the man veered into the highway divider when signaled by police, nor why he tried to run away.