One man dead, another arrested after alleged hit and run crash between car and motorbike on Ross Hwy

A man has been arrested after a motorcyclist died after an alleged hit and run highway crash between a car and a motorbike, say NT Police. (Picture: ABC)

UPDATE 9.40am: A 50-year-old man has been arrested after an alleged hit and run which killed a man in Alice Springs on Thursday evening.

Northern Territory Police are investigating the incident after they responded to a crash between a white Holden Captiva and a motorcycle on the Ross Highway shortly after 6.30pm.

CPR was conducted but the rider was declared deceased at the scene.

Part of the Ross Highway was closed after a fatal crash .(CREDIT: ABC News - Samantha Jonscher)

The Captiva was damaged and abandoned at the scene.

The occupants left the area immediately after the crash.

Detectives from Major Crash and Criminal Investigation Branch attended the scene to investigate and later in the night arrested the man, who remains in custody.

Police urge anyone with information, particularly anyone who travelled on the Ross Highway who observed a white Holden Captiva and anyone who stopped at the crash scene, to contact them on 131 444.

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EARLIER: MAN has died in an alleged hit and run crash on the Ross Hwy near Alice Springs overnight.

NT police said they are investigating the incident after police responded to a crash between a car and a motorcycle shortly after 6.30pm on Thursday.

CPR was conducted but the motorcycle rider died at the scene.

The vehicle that allegedly collided with the motorcycle was left at the scene.

St John Ambulance operations manager Craig Garraway told ABC Darwin the man, who was riding a motorbike, was in his 50s.

Police urge anyone with information to contact them on 131444 or report anonymously via Crimestoppers 1800 333 000.

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