Dallas police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man crossing the street in Pleasant Grove before fleeing back on July 1st. <\/p>\n
Michael Turner\u2019s loved ones say he was just a few minutes from home. They believe he\u2019d headed out on foot to pick up food after work. <\/p>\n
Elisa Estrada said detectives notified her oldest son a week after the crash. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy son didn\u2019t go into detail. He just said, \u2018Mom, I hate to tell you this but Mike ain\u2019t here no more,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
According to police, the crash happened along Buckner Boulevard near the intersection of Elam Road just after 10:30 p.m. on July 1st. <\/p>\n
Surveillance video shows Turner crossing Buckner as a car collides with him, tossing him several feet.<\/p>\n
Police say the driver never stopped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not angry. I\u2019m more in shock. Why didn\u2019t he stop and help? He just made it worse on himself. I just want justice for my son. He needs to be caught and not let out,\u201d Estrada said.<\/p>\n
Turner\u2019s stepsister described him as one-of-a-kind, a person who welcomed everyone with open arms. <\/p>\n
While he worked as a server, family said Turner\u2019s true passion was music.<\/p>\n
Estrada said his bandmates are still grieving his loss. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey practiced like every week, tried to every day because they were trying to finish an album and they were close to doing that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Instead, now loved ones are planning a funeral while hoping police soon make an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man crossing the street in Pleasant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-374973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}