Police ID hit-and-run victim found dead on U.S 59

Authorities have identified a 35-year-old man whose body was found on a guard rail along  U.S. 59 in Sugar Land Wednesday morning.

It appears he was the victim of a hit-and-run driver, officials said.

Eby Kurian Thomas, 35, was slumped over on the guard rail of the northbound Southwest Freeway on an overpass  U.S. 90A at about 3 a.m., said Doug Adolph, a spokesman for the Sugar Land Police Department.

Adolph said preliminary autopsy results indicate he had been hit by vehicle and died from his injuries.

Investigators believe he was walking, because there was no car found near the body.