A man jumped in front of a Mustang on Okeechobee Road in Miami-Dade. Do you know him?
A man might’ve taken his own life on Okeechobee Road in Northwest Miami-Dade in January, but also might’ve given up his identity in the process.
The Florida Highway Patrol want the public’s help in restoring the latter.
On Monday, FHP released a postmortem artist’s reconstruction from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office of the Black man, who is around five-eight and 145 pounds. He was wearing a North Face black fleece jacket, a blue hat with “Florida” on it, blue shorts; a large, black T-shirt of a high school lacrosse team and a green Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run T-shirt.
Anyone who might know who this man was can contact traffic homicide investigator Brittney McLaurin, 305-545-2460 or brittm@miamidade.gov.
The crash report says a witness saw the unidentified man jumped in front of a 2019 Ford Mustang around 9:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at about 17015 Okeechobee Road, U.S. 27. The Mustang driver had just made a U-turn to the southbound lanes.
As described in the report, the 18-year-old Mustang driver hit the man with the car’s front bumper.
If you need help, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 800-273-8255.
This story was originally published April 19, 2021 at 4:44 PM.
