Crime

One pedestrian hospitalized after a hit-and-run driver strikes three in Miami Gardens

A hit-and-run driver struck three pedestrians in Miami Gardens on July 27, 2023, police say.
A hit-and-run driver struck three pedestrians in Miami Gardens on July 27, 2023, police say. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Miami Gardens police are trying to track down a hit-and-run driver who crashed into three pedestrians Thursday morning, leaving one of them hospitalized.

At around 11:20 a.m., a driver was exiting a parking lot, at the 16400 block of NW 25th Avenue, when they hit three people standing inside the lot, police said in a news release.

The driver then drove away in an unspecified direction. Two pedestrians remained at the scene, police said. A third was airlifted to a hospital.

Details about their injuries weren’t immediately known.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
Miami Herald
Omar is a bilingual and bicultural journalist, covering breaking news in South Florida for the Miami Herald. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in education from the Universidad de Puerto Rico en Río Piedras.
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