Edward Eugene Proctor
(6-5-2012)
Avenue N at 29th Street
Galveston, Texas
Report from Chron.com
A tip from a wrecker driver led to the arrest of a motorist who allegedly hit and killed a bicyclist Saturday in Galveston, officials said.
Daryl Leslie Harris, 33, who was already in the Galveston County Jail after being arrested Sunday on a controlled-substance charge, was arrested Wednesday and charged with accident involving injury or death, a third-degree felony, said Lt. Michael Gray, spokesman at the Galveston Police Department.
Harris had begun serving a six-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to the controlled-substance possession and now is being held on $50,000 bond for the accident charge, Gray said.
Police tracked down Harris after a wrecker driver towed a Nissan Juke that appeared to have been involved in an auto-pedestrian accident, according to Gray.
The 70-year-old pedestrian, Edward Eugene Proctor, was riding his bicycle in the 2900 block of Avenue N when he was fatally struck by the motorist, who fled the scene, police said.
Harris, who was already in jail on unrelated charges, admitted his role in the fatal accident, Gray said.
Report from Click2Houston.com
A man accused in a deadly hit-and-run accident in Galveston has been charged.
Galveston police said Daryl Leslie Harris was already in jail on unrelated charges when detectives served him with a warrant.
Investigators said Harris was driving an SUV around the 2900 block of Avenue N in Galveston on Saturday when he ran into and killed Edward Proctor as he rode a bicycle.
Officials said Harris then fled the scene.
Detectives said they were able to track Harris down after a wrecker driver reported towing a vehicle that may have been involved in the deadly accident.
Officials said a witness identified Harris as the driver of the SUV that killed Proctor.
Harris' bond for the hit-and-run was set at $50,000. He's been charged with accident involving injury or death, a third-degree felony.
