Police have identified the pedestrian who was hit and killed Tuesday in Lake Wales.

Edgardo Luis Oyola-Marti, 45, died Tuesday evening after he was hit by a vehicle, police said. According to our partners at the Ledger, he was hit by an SUV while walking in the middle of U.S. 27, officials said.

Officials released his identity Wednesday after they contacted Oyola-Marti's parents, who live in Puerto Rico, and notified them of their son's death.

No one else was injured in the crash.