A witness described to police seeing a vehicle that was traveling up to 80 mph hit a 14-year-old boy who was riding a skateboard, leading to his death, according to the arrest reports for two men.

Ricardo Licea, 19, and Jesus Rodriguez, 18, face charges of racing causing death, a second-degree felony, in the Nov. 5 hit-and-run death of Jason Buster, the arrest reports said.

Private medical services personnel provided aid to the boy, and Corpus Christi Fire Department medics took him to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to probable cause statements for the men's arrests.

When Corpus Christi police officers arrived at the scene of the crash at 1600 N. Lexington Blvd., the two men had left, according to the statements. They later returned to the scene, where poli

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