Family of man killed by hit-and-run drivers in Dallas searching for answers

DALLAS – Dallas police are on the lookout for drivers of two separate automobiles that every struck a person in West Oak Cliff.

That man, 50-year-old Reynaldo Escalante, died from his accidents.

It passed off final month, however his household was simply notified this week.

“I get a name from my uncle that my dad has died, handed away,” Escalante’s daughter, Erica Hernandez, mentioned.

Relations Escalante mentioned they’ve discovered their liked one is who was struck by not only one, however two automobiles alongside Fort Value Avenue through the early morning hours of September 24.

“There’s simply loads of questions,” Hernandez mentioned.

Neither driver stopped, in response to Dallas police.

“If you already know the automotive, if you already know one thing, like, please say one thing as a result of he’s a human being,” Hernandez added.

Dallas police mentioned somebody was driving an unknown automobile westbound within the far-right lane, when it struck Escalante, who was not in a crosswalk. 

“He grew up over there,” Hernandez mentioned. “The truth that he’s out and about in that space is just not uncommon.”

The driving force of that automobile fled.

Witnesses stopped to help when he was struck a second time by a purple Chevy Cruz. That automobile additionally fled.

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“You understand, accidents occur, I get that,” Hernandez mentioned. “It’s 1:30 within the morning, that it occurs, it’s 1 a.m., so it’s darkish, I get that.”

However Escalante’s daughter mentioned there’s no excuse to not cease.

“And persons are egocentric sufficient to decide on themselves,” she added.

Escalante’s daughter mentioned it took investigators a number of weeks to determine him as a result of he didn’t have an ID on him. 

His household mentioned it was frequent to go a number of weeks with out listening to from Escalante, a handyman who bounced round.

“When he got here, he simply popped up, mentioned, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’ After which left. By no means had a cellphone on him, so we simply see him once we see him,” Hernandez defined.

They hope anybody who may also help observe down the drivers who had been concerned will name police.

“I had loads of questions, loads of feelings,” Hernandez mentioned.