PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) – Pasadena police are hoping surveillance images will help them find a suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash.

According to the family, the victim is 73-year-old Eramos Perez.

It happened Thursday morning at the intersection of Southmore and Shaver.

“The torture, only him screaming for his life,” said David Perez, the son of Eramos Perez.

David Perez said that’s what he imagines when he thinks about his father’s final moments.

According to Pasadena police, Eramos Perez was walking in a crosswalk crossing Southmore Street when he was struck.

Investigators believe he was dragged about 60 meters before the driver sped off.

He said his brother had given him the news.

“My brother Joel tried to reach me and I called him back immediately. He told me what happened. He was hit and just said the wheelchair was completely smashed,” said David Perez.

Two days after the accident, Eramos’ wheelchair is still in a garbage container near the accident site.

His condition is exactly as David Perez describes it: crushed, and next to him lies Eramos Perez’s shirt.

“In this wheelchair, he always wears the seatbelt, so he couldn’t go anywhere else,” said David Perez.

Grainy surveillance photos are the investigators’ biggest clue to the suspect.

The vehicle they were in was only described as a dark pickup truck.

“I just hope they do their best to find this person,” David Perez said.

The morning Eramos lost his life, he was on his way to the McDonald’s in the Walmart across the street.

Perez said it was a kind of daily ritual.

“He was partially disabled, meaning half of his body was inactive because of his stroke, and that was just the highlight of his day,” said David Perez.

It turned out that Eramos Perez’s frequent trips were also a highlight for McDonald’s employees.

They erected a monument inside with a picture and a tray with Eramos’ signature order, a sausage biscuit and coffee.

“One of my brothers says they offered him a job as a receptionist at some point,” David Perez said.

Eramos led a simple but effective life.

Perez said he always worked hard and treated others with dignity and respect.

Something he was ultimately not allowed to do.

“I wish I could take away the pain. It shouldn’t go like this,” said David Perez.

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