Father of 6 Killed in Alleged Hit-and-Run While Celebrating Anniversary, Birthday [Video]

A Texas man is being mourned by his family and loved ones after he was killed in an alleged hit-and-run while visiting Houston to celebrate his anniversary. 

Dustin Trey Dorcz, of Lufkin, Texas, died in a crash ten days before his birthday on the early morning on Sept. 15, the Houston Police Department said in a press release last week. 

He was not named in the initial press release but has been named by his family in his obituary and in The Lufkin Daily News and on KHOU 11.

A witness said Dorcz, 35, was walking on a freeway near the East Interstate Highway 10 in Houston when a vehicle of unknown make and model allegedly struck him, per HPD’s statement. 

“The vehicle did not stop to render aid and fled the scene,” the statement said.

“I just can’t imagine leaving someone behind like that,” Dorcz’s wife Lindsey Dorcz told KHOU 11. Lindsey was not at the scene at the …