Family of Galveston man killed in hit-and-run seeks answers; calls for “justice” As family members, they held a vigil for Fidel Estrada this past weekend near where he was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Nov. 16. The one question they still haven't had answered is, “What happened?” "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," Estrada’s nephew, Daniel Alverdi, told ABC13’s Nick Natario, i45NOW’s news partner. "I don't know how exactly it happened." Estrada was riding his bike to work at The Spot. He was in the bike lane on 53rd Street near Avenue R when he was hit by a Ford F-250. The driver of that Ford didn’t stop and drove away from the crash scene. Estrada was rushed by ambulance to UTMB Health’s Trauma Center but died from his injuries. Galveston Police identified the truck that hit Estrada using pieces of a broken headlight. This led detectives to Cypress, where the truck's owner told detectives that their son and a friend had gone to Galveston that Sunday to fish from their kayaks. The driver wasn’t the truck owner’s son, but his 18-year-old friend, Aiden Perry Prause. Police interviewed Prause, and shortly afterward, an arrest warrant was issued. Through his attorney, Prause arranged to turn himself in to the police and did so on Friday (11/21/2025). He posted the $100,000 bail and was released the same day. Prause’s attorney told The Daily News that his office was conducting its own investigation. “We look forward to presenting all the facts and evidence at the appropriate time,” Houston-based attorney Mark Hanson told The Daily News’ David Mercado. This won’t be the first felony case Hanson will have Prause as his attorney. In May, Prause was charged with felony criminal mischief after he and another person were arrested for vandalizing a water treatment plant in Northwest Harris County. Officials said more than $20,000 in damages were caused by those who broke into the plant. Charges against Prause were dropped in August when the Harris County District Attorney told the court that guilt could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Prause is scheduled to appear before a Galveston County Judge for his first court date in January. The case is assigned to Judge Rebecca Millo’s 10th District Court.

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