GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — A week after their loved one was killed after, police say, he was hit while riding his bicycle, family and friends gathered at the same spot to send a message of justice.
Holding posters, flowers, and religious objects, Fidel Estrada’s family and friends stood along Galveston’s 53rd street on Sunday with a message.
“Even though he’s not here with us on earth, we want justice for him,” Estrada’s nephew, Daniel Alverdi, said. “His voice to be heard through us.”
It’s justice, they said, they need after what happened a week ago in the very spot they were standing. Officers said Estrada was riding his bicycle early last Sunday morning when he was hit.
The driver, they said, took off. Estrada was brought to the hospital, but officers said he died.
“We were getting ready for church,” Alverdi recalled. “We got a phone call at nine in the morning.”
At first, officers said they didn’t know who hit Estrada. That changed on Friday.
Officers say Aiden Prause, 18, of Cypress, walked into the station. He was charged with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death.
They said his bond was recommended to be set at $100,000. County records don’t show the actual bond amount.
Although jail records reveal the suspect was arrested on Friday, he’s not listed in jail. While he was arrested, Estrada’s family wants to know how it happened on a street with a bike lane.
“That’s something we still don’t understand how exactly it happened because there’s a space for bikes, there’s space for parking, there’s space for cars,” Alverdi explained. “I don’t know how exactly it happened.”
Estrada’s family said he was no stranger to this bike lane. He would routinely take it on his way to work at the Spot.
After the incident, the restaurant shared words about Estrada’s death on social media, which had hundreds of comments.
“He lived on the island for 28 years,” Alverdi said. “He was very loved by so many Galvestonians.”
Family members said Estrada leaves behind four children. He lived in Galveston, but was from Mexico, where family members say they plan to bury him.
It’s a funeral they wish they didn’t have to plan.
“I don’t know what to tell him,” Alverdi said. “I don’t want to be in his shoes. What he did was totally wrong. It was totally wrong.”
Words may be hard to come by, but the message isn’t. Justice for Fidel, they say as they wait for answers as to why they must seek it in the first place.
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