A man from Kyle was pronounced dead Friday evening after being struck by a van near the intersection of Riverside Drive and IH-35 in San Marcos.

According to eyewitnesses, 48-year-old Tyrus Dennis Piano had been walking on the sidewalk along the road around 7 p.m. when a van driving by jumped a curb and struck him.

The driver of the van, who has not been publicly identified by officials, was trying to flee the scene in the automobile when he lost control of the vehicle at a nearby roundabout and...