Longview Man Struck and Killed on Eastman Road

LONGVIEW — A pedestrian has been killed in a Longview accident. Monday morning at 4:30, Longview police were dispatched to an accident with injuries in the 1200 Block of North Eastman Road. The caller told the Public Safety Communications operator there was a man lying in the middle of the road near this location. When officers arrived they learned the man, identified as Anthony Dewayne Gardner, 43, of Longview, was walking northbound in the southbound outside lane of Eastman Road. Daniel Salas was traveling southbound in the same lane in his 2002 Ford truck when he collided with Gardner. Salas was not injured and stayed at the scene until police arrived. Gardner was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation, but intoxication is not believed to be a factor in this accident, and Salas was not issued any citations.