After Friday night’s Eras Tour concert in Houston, Jacob Lewis was walking to his car when he was hit by Allen Bryant. Upon exiting Taylor Swift’s event in Houston on Friday night, a man was fatally struck and murdered by a suspected intoxicated motorist.
A GoFundMe page states that on their way back to Houston from Taylor Swift’s Era Tour, 20-year-old Jacob Lewis and his sister’s car broke down. “Jacob at once started to push the car when he was tragically hit and killed by a drunk driver,” according to the fundraising site.
Alan Bryant, 34, was named as the suspected drunk driver who fled the scene by local television station KHOU 11. He is currently being held in the Harris County Jail on charges of failing to stop and help when help was needed.
KHOU 11 reports that Lewis’s sister was also injured in the collision but is expected to make a full recovery. Dad Steve Lewis reportedly told the site, “You know, to make it worse, the driver got out, helped my daughter get my son out from under his car, saw what had happened, and got in his car and left.”
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He added, “I hope that everybody who knew Jacob was touched by him and he was a good part of their lives.” People in “the Pokémon Community of Houston” set up a GoFundMe to help Steve “honor the memory of his son by raising money for flowers and funeral costs.”
The page reads, “Jacob Lewis spent many years playing the Pokemon TCG in the Houston area He had completed the World Championships, the highest-level event, for many years. Because of this, he has inspired many others to strive for more.”
Continuing: “Steve is one of the trusted and knowledgeable people within Houston regarding Pokémon. A true leader of the community. It hurts us to see him suffer such a loss.” As of Monday night, the GoFundMe page had raised nearly $100,000, well past its $75,000 goal.
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