A 20-year-old Miami cyclist died in a hit-and-run. Cameras caught the vehicle, cops say

A hit-and-run driver left a cyclist dead after a crash in Northeast Miami-Dade near Ives Dairy Road Sunday morning, Miami-Dade police say.

Maria Araujo Muniz de Souza was 20.

Araujo was riding east on Northeast 205th Terrace, a road that runs parallel and next to Ives Dairy Road, police say, when the driver smashed into her at the intersection of 14th Terrace. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue took Araujo to Aventura Trauma Center, where she died.

Police released surveillance camera photos of what they say is the driver’s vehicle, a 2007 to 2013 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, four doors, gold in color.

Information about this truck or driver can be passed along information to Miami-Dade’s Traffic Homicide Division at 305-471-2425 or, anonymously, to Crime Stoppers of Miami-Dade & the Florida Keys via the website or 305-471-8477 (TIPS).

This story was originally published September 18, 2023 at 7:53 AM.

David J. Neal

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