A man walking on I-95 is killed in the latest accident involving a pedestrian on a highway
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A 27-year-old man who was walking on the outside lane of northbound I-95 near Broward Boulevard was hit and killed by a car.
The accident happened around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, said Lt. Indiana Miranda of the Florida Highway Patrol.
According to FHP, a 22-year-old man from Miramar was driving a silver Volkswagen northbound on the outside lane when he hit the pedestrian.
FHP has not released details on who the pedestrian was or why he was walking on the roadway. The driver was not reported injured and was wearing a seat belt, Miranda said in an email to the Miami Herald.
“We do not suspect any impairment on the driver,” she said.
The pedestrian was apparently catapulted through the windshield of the car, WSVN reported.
All lanes reopened by 5:30 am., Miranda said.
Other pedestrian accidents
There have been several accidents in April near or on the weekend in which a pedestrian has been hit and killed on Miami-Dade and Broward County roadways.
The highest profile accident involved the death of Dwayne Haskins, 24, a Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback who was killed around 6:40 a.m. on April 9, when a dump truck hit him as he walked near a median in the center of the westbound lane of I-595 just west of I-95.
On April 8, a man walking on southbound Interstate 75 near Miami Gardens Drive was hit and killed by a commercial landscaping truck, WPLG Local 10 reported.
