Woman hospitalized in critical condition after a hit-and-run, Miami police say

A woman was taken to the hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run in Miami early Monday, police said.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. at Northwest 22nd Avenue and Second Street, according to Miami police.

Video taken by NBC6 showed police blocking off an area near the intersection early Monday during the investigation. A sweater or a jacket could be seen on the ground in the middle of the road.

Police said the pedestrian, who was about 60 years old, was taken in critical condition to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Her name has not been disclosed.

Anyone with information that can help find the driver should call police.

This story was originally published January 25, 2021 at 8:20 AM.

Michelle Marchante

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription