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Family of Kingsland man killed in hit-and-run asking for help identifying driver
Hit-and-run sufferer’s household ask for assist figuring out driver
A Kingsland household is asking for assist figuring out the driving force of a tractor-trailer who killed their beloved one, Ian Lewis, in a hit-and-run. FOX 7 Austin’s Shannon Ryan has extra on this week’s CrimeWatch.
KINGSLAND, Texas – A Kingsland household is asking for assist figuring out the driving force of a tractor-trailer who killed their beloved one in a hit-and-run.
24-year-old Ian Lewis was driving house from a live performance in Austin, Texas on August 27, 2022 together with his son, Jaxon, girlfriend, Michelle Jackson, and her daughter when a automobile rear-ended them on I-35. The collision occurred on the higher deck between thirty eighth and thirty ninth Road.
“[Lewis] obtained out to get insurance coverage info,” stated Jackson. “Then he walked again to the door to elucidate to me what was occurring and all the pieces occurred.”
A tractor-trailer sideswiped each autos, hitting and killing Lewis. The motive force by no means stopped.
“It’s like they regarded behind them after which simply drove off,” Jackson stated.
The truck is lacking its passenger aspect stairs.
Lewis labored together with his mom Jamie Crawford at Buddie’s, a fuel station meals store and comfort retailer in Kingsland. She stated she now spends her days checking vans.
“It’s a continuing reminder,” stated Crawford. “It’s not honest.”
The household is asking anybody with info to contact the Austin Police Division.
“We’ve obtained to determine who did this as a result of we are able to’t begin our therapeutic course of till then,” stated Crawford.
Crawford informed FOX 7 Austin she needs to provide Jaxon solutions sooner or later. Lewis’s sister, Abbey Burton stated she hopes to do the identical for her daughter who’s due simply two days earlier than her brother’s birthday.