Overview
- Deputy Kenneth Lewis, 51, died Monday after being struck early Saturday while assisting motorists on I-10 near Eldridge Parkway in Houston.
- Investigators say the driver fled the scene, and the Houston Police Department is leading the case.
- Lewis was off-duty but in uniform around 3:40 a.m. when a third vehicle hit him as he rendered aid at a separate two-car crash.
- HPD is reviewing surveillance and toll data for a black or dark-colored Honda sedan, and authorities urged the driver to come forward.
- The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office praised Lewis’s service, his family has not announced memorial plans, and he leaves behind three children.