Miami Gardens driver tried to dodge traffic, then a child was hit, police say
.png "Miami Gardens police say a speeding Ford Fusion went onto a swale to dodge traffic then hit a tree and an 11-year-old, who has a head injury. The collision happened on Tuesday morning, April 28, 2026.")
A driver was jailed in Miami Gardens after an attempt to avoid traffic ended in an 11-year-old being struck by the car and hospitalized, according to police.
Shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, a driver in a black Ford Fusion was speeding while going southbound on Northwest 12th Avenue near 188th Street, police say. The driver, 23-year-old Darius Forbes, then drove onto the swale to avoid slow traffic and collided with a tree and then the child, Miami Gardens spokeswoman Diana Delgado wrote in an email to the Miami Herald.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue airlifted the child to Ryder Trauma Center with a serious head injury, said Delgado, who added that the child is in stable condition.
Forbes was arrested on a charge of reckless driving.
This story was originally published April 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM.