LEAGUE CITY, Texas - The daughter of a man arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in League City is speaking out, defending her father amid the charges.

James Collins Jr., 62, has been accused in an incident that claimed the life of 19-year-old Landon Graham, a nonverbal autistic teenager. Collins was arrested and charged with collision involving death .

‘Heartbroken for everybody involved’

What they're saying:

Kailey Triola, the daughter of Collins, expressed her heartbreak over the incident.

"I was heartbroken for everybody involved," Triola said. "Being a mother myself, I couldn’t imagine something like that ever happening to my son, and I’m heartbroken for my stepdad James too."

League City police allege that Collins struck and killed Graham. Despite the charges, T

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