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PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 29-year-old comedian killed in Dallas crash Saturday
A Dallas comedian was killed in a hit-and-run over the weekend. Police are now searching for the driver who fled the scene after the crash.
DALLAS - Police have arrested a man for the hit-and-run crash that killed a 29-year-old comedian in Dallas.
Dallas Hit-and-Run Arrest
What's new:
Dallas police arrested Angel Vergara Rojas on Sept. 3.
He’s now charged with a collision involving death.
What we don't know:
No details have been released yet regarding Rojas’ arrest.
Dallas Comedian Henry Cruz
Henry Cruz
The backstory:
Henry Cruz was killed in the early morning hours of Aug. 23 after a performance at Shark’s Comedy Club.
He and his friends were walking up to Elm Street to call an Uber after the show when the sidewalk ended. They decided to walk across the Interstate-345 exit ramp.
29-year-old Henry Cruz died after being hit by a car while walking home after a show early Saturday morning.
"We went to cross the street... and as we did, a car came out of nowhere down the exit ramp, going extremely fast," said Sagan Butler, one of his friends.
Butler said the group made it safely across the street, but the driver swerved and jumped the curb onto the median. It sped off after hitting Cruz.
"When I noticed the car coming right at us, I tried to yell to my friends, ‘Hey, a car’s coming’. Soon as I was able to open my mouth to say anything, it was too late, the car was already right there on us," said Noah Robertson, the comedy club’s owner.
Benefit show held for Dallas comedian killed in hit-and-run
They say laughter is the best medicine, and Saturday night, folks in the North Texas comedy scene were not only looking to heal, but also raise some money.
Cruz’s friends called 911 and started CPR until paramedics got there, but he later died at the hospital.
The 29-year-old comedian is being remembered as a funny, positive, and generous friend.
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