Miami-Dade police are investigating the death of an unidentified woman who was struck by a train early Thursday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said.
The woman was hit at the intersection of NE 186 Street and West Dixie Highway at about 1 p.m.
It is unclear why she was on the tracks.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
The board that runs Jackson Health System is up for re-approval by the Miami-Dade County Commission after two years of working to turn around the hospital system’s dire financial situation. One member faces ethics questions.
A wide-ranging immigration bill provides a pathway to citizenship for some 11 million undocumented immigrants but more than 300,000 may not qualify.
The Heiken Children’s Vision Program provides free comprehensive eye examination and glasses when prescribed to low-income school children who fail their vision screening and have no insurance or other resources for eye care. The program was started in 1992, and since then, 75,000 children have received exams with 83 percent needing and receiving free eyeglasses.
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