INDIANAPOLIS — In surveillance video from Saturday night, you can see the light turning from yellow to red at a stoplight near the Walmart store in the 5600 block of Michigan Road, near near Kessler Boulevard West Drive on the northwest side of Indianapolis.
As the light turns, that's when 23-year-old Kasen Jackson and the truck collide around 8:15 p.m. Sept. 21.
Jackson, who was driving a motorcycle, later died at the hospital.
"We'll never have the chance to be grandparents. We'll never get to see him ... I mean, it took so much more away than just our kid. He had so much potential ahead of him," said Jackson's father, Anthony.
Video from earlier that day shows Jackson playing around with his mom while he eats breakfast with his parents.
The Jacksons said their son graduated from Ball State and was the greatest kid ever.
"I mean, beautiful smile, good hair. Good-looking like his dad. Mom had a little bit to do with it and had her smile, but he looked exactly like me. Just a light-skinned version of me, but a little better looking," Anthony said.
According to Indy Pedestrian Safety Crisis, Jackson was the second person to be killed in a hit-and-run this month and the 20th person so far this year.
Eric Holt, the founder of the advocacy group, said last week, the numbers are alarming.
"You know, I hate to say this, but it's kind of ghoulish behavior out of drivers here in Indy to see that, just the frequency of this happening," Holt said.
Jackson's family said he only had the motorcycle about five months before he died.
"That kid, he loved that bike. He loved that bike. In those five months, he had 5,000 miles on that bike and just to reference, I've had my bike for 10 years, and I only have 16,000. So he had a third of the mileage in not even the full season," Anthony said.
And as the Jackson family is grieving, they're asking drivers to pay attention to the road.
According to court documents, the driver of the truck, Kevin Matheus, of Indianapolis, never had a license. Matheus not only faces a charge for that, but for also failing to remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death and obstruction of justice.
IMPD said Matheus turned himself in Tuesday, Sept. 24.
On Sept. 24, an IMPD detective was contacted that a man, later identified as Matheus, and his uncle wanted to speak with the detective.
Matheus allegedly said he wanted to turn himself in because he didn't want his uncle to get in trouble. His phone was allegedly found at the scene.