A Conroe man was arrested Sunday and charged with the hit-and-run death of a beloved Galveston doctor near the city’s seawall on Friday.
Logan Llewellyn, 21, is accused of driving the vehicle that hit and killed Galveston Dr. Nancy Hughes as she rode a bike early Friday morning near the east end of Seawall Boulevard, Galveston police said. He was arrested about 4:40 a.m. Sunday in Seguin, over 200 miles from the island, where Galveston police had travelled to seize his vehicle.
Llewellyn was charged with accident involving injury or death and is being held at the Guadalupe County Jail on $200,000 bond, police said. He will be extradited to Galveston County for his trial.
Hughes, 67, was an internal medicine specialist who came from a family of Galveston doctors that stretched back to 1939, when her father, Dr. Edward James Lebefer, began providing care to the island’s residents, according to her website. She graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1994.
She ran a primary care facility, Internal Medicine Associates, with a staff of eight employees. Hughes’ death prompted an outpouring of grief from friends and clients on the practice’s Facebook page, where her office manager, Michelle Gonzalez, confirmed news of her death on Friday.
“We have all lost the most wonderful, caring doctor, friend and boss. Please keep her loving family in your prayers. May God grant them strength and comfort during this most difficult time,” Gonzalez wrote.