Edward "Joe" King
The man killed in a hit-and-run on Cedar Springs on Friday night, Nov. 25, has been identified as 61-year-old Edward Lee King. Initial reports listed his name as “N. Epsilon,” which is apparently a placeholder name Dallas Police sometimes use when relatives of a victim have not yet been notified of a victim’s death.
Police have still not officially identified the victim, and reports available to the public still use the name “N. Epsilon.” But CBSDFW.com published a report late Monday night, Nov. 28, saying that friends and relatives have said the man killed Friday night was Edward King, known to family and friends as “Joe.” The report also indicated that King worked parttime at Amico’s Pizza, located on Cedar Springs near the site of the accident.
The CBS report also includes video footage of King, footage from which the still shot at left was taken.
Police have video taken from cameras at a nearby business, but the footage is dark and grainy, almost to the point of being indistinguishable. However, LGBT Liaison Officer Laura Martin said investigators do have “good information” from witnesses that should help in identifying the driver who struck King.
Anyone who has information about this incident — or about a separate hit-and-run that happened three weeks before just blocks away at Cedar Springs and Reagan in which 55-year-old Wayne Priest was killed — is asked to contact detectives at 214-670-5817.
I hope they make an example out of this person once they catch him or her. Probably one of those snotty A-Listers.
Bless his sole and may that driver show some conscience and come forward! This area should have very large speed humps with a center lane for fire and police. I’m surprised with all the crime that has happened for years that there is not better cameras and lights. Cameras would not interfere with my party at all!
Perhaps it is time to reduce the lanes of traffic to provide a slower speed of traffic? How many more must die before the city of Dallas address this public safety issue?
I completely agree with Marty MCC .. I think there needs to be CAMERAS installed in the Oak Lawn (Gay Entertainment District) area .. that will cut down on crime as well as making it possible to identify those who leave the scene of a horrible accident such as these past two causing death. I think that road humps would also slow down the traffic. There have been MANY times I have been traveling along Cedar Springs when the yellow lights on the lit crosswalk light up and I stop while others squeal their tires to get around me while a pedestrian is crossing in that crosswalk. Cameras and road humps would drastically cut down the speeders and crime. I know for a fact there are cameras in the “OLD” Deep Elum area, the West End, and all around downtown. Why isn’t the Oak Lawn area just as important?
Until other measures are provided crossing the street at the existing lighted intersections with traffic signals, pedestrian crossing signals and crosswalks is the safer choice to cross the street. Intersections with pedestrian crossing signals on Cedrar Springs are at Throckmorton, Oaklawn and Wycliff.