Police charge 71yr old man with hit and run death of DOT worker www.privateofficer.com

Police charge 71yr old man with hit and run death of DOT worker http://www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX Sept 4 2008 — Police have arrested a 71-year-old Pasadena man they say was involved in the weekend death of a Texas Department of Transportation worker.

Police charged Ray Wilson with failure to stop and render aid as well as intoxication manslaughter shortly after they say he hit a highway cleanup crew worker near downtown Houston.
TxDOT says the victim, David R. Hall, Jr., was working with crews to clean up a lost load of pipe on Interstate 10 East at Interstate 45 when the accident happened late Saturday night.

Hall was struck as he stood on the northbound entrance ramp to I-45.

Houston police say the suspect drove a short ways before being stopped by an undercover officer who witnessed the accident.

Hall was 42 years old and had been with the department for eight years. He survived by his wife, Margaret, and his three children and one grandchild.

A fund has been set up at the Houston Highway Credit Union to help the family with funeral expenses:

David Hall Fundc/o Houston Highway Credit UnionP.O. Box 2248Houston, TX 77252-2248 (713) 864-4438

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