Two People Die In Leander After Car Hits Tree Early Saturday Morning

LEANDER, TX — Two people were killed in a one-vehicle collision in Leander that involved a car hitting a tree on Saturday, Leander police said.

Police were called to the 2900 block of Hero Way after a passerby called police at 3:35 a.m. to report the crash. Police said on their Facebook page they're unsure when the accident occurred, but a man and a woman were found dead in the Kia car by the time they arrived.

Police said the car was traveling west on Hero Way, a two-lane rural road, when it left the artery into a ditch on the north side of the street before losing control of the vehicle, careening across both lanes of traffic and striking the tree on the south side of the roadway.

"We do not know when the collision occurred at this point, but it was not too long before the first call based on evidence at the scene," police wrote. Police have yet to identify the victims, pending notification of next of kin.

Hero Way was closed to traffic for several hours while police investigated at the scene.

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