DALLAS, Texas — A Dallas family is finding light in the dark after the death of their son, Seth Rains.

Texas Tech University has created a new annual scholarship in memory of the 23-year-old graduate, who was struck and killed by a driver while walking home from a concert with friends in the Dallas Design District in July 2025.

Police said Jose Hernandez De Leon left the scene but was later charged with collision involving death, a second-degree felony.

Rains earned his degree in personal financial planning from Texas Tech in 2024. Last week, his parents returned to Lubbock as the university unveiled the Seth Rains Memorial Scholarship, worth up to $25,000, for students pursuing the same career path.

“There are moments in life where words fall short, and today is one of those,” his f

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