Cy-Fair ISD confirms that Tirone Curtis is a health teacher and a high school football coach at Cypress Lakes High School. He's been with the district since 2015.
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Investigators say Curtis was traveling down West Road in northwest Harris County when he hit a pedestrian at Easton Commons around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. He then left the scene.
Sources say Curtis returned a short time later, where he admitted to leaving and also admitted to drinking alcohol.
He was arrested for DWI and failure to stop and render aid-death.
The victim was in his 70s, and people in the area say he was well-known.
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Cy-Fair ISD sent out a statement saying:
"Mr. Tirone Curtis is currently a health teacher and football coach at Cypress Lakes High School and has been employed by Cypress-Fairbanks ISD since March 2015. The district has just learned of these allegations and will continue to investigate."
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