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1 dead after Leander hit-and-run
One man is dead and another behind bars after a hit-and-run crash in Leander.
LEANDER, Texas - A motorcyclist is dead, and a suspect is in custody, after a hit-and-run crash in Leander, according to police.
At about 2:16 p.m., Leander police responded to a collision-with-injury call in the 11300 block of N US 183 just north of Huddleston Road.
The vehicles involved were a blue Kia passenger car and a black motorcycle; the motorcyclist, a white male, was found dead at the scene.
The preliminary investigation showed that the driver of the passenger car struck the motorcycle before fleeing the scene northbound on 183.
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Witnesses on-scene were able to provide enough vehicle information for officers to locate the suspect in Liberty Hill.
The suspect, 29-year-old Robert Corral, was arrested and charged with Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Collision, a felony, and was transported to the Williamson County Jail.
The identification of the victim is being withheld until the family can be notified.