HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police have arrested the driver accused of killing a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run crash overnight.
It happened on Beltway 8 near Ella Blvd. in north Houston around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Officers said a Jeep was going west before hitting the motorcycle. The motorcycle was reportedly dragged through an intersection for 500 yards before stopping, causing the rider to fall off.
A passenger jumped out of the Jeep to check on the motorcyclist, while the driver sped off, according to police. The driver then stopped at a car wash where the Jeep caught fire. He immediately fled back to his home in Conroe on foot, police said.
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He was later arrested and taken into custody by HPD.
The motorcycle rider wasn't identified but is believed to have been a man in his 20's.