The Texas Department of Public Safety said Jose Luis Garcia, 53, of Littlefield lost his life in a pedestrian accident Friday morning. 

DPS said Garcia was standing in the middle of the left-eastbound lane a few minutes after midnight along U.S. Highway 84 at F.M. 37.  DPS said that location is one mile south of Amherst.

DPS said Omar Soliz, 21, of Tulare, California was driving a BMW SUV and his vehicle hit Garcia.  DPS also said Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene.

Soliz was not hurt, according to DPS.