A pedestrian was struck and killed by a sedan while trying to cross South Dixie Highway in South Miami-Dade early Monday, troopers said.
A gray Honda sedan was traveling north on U.S. 1 in the area of Southwest 266th Street around 5:20 a.m. A pedestrian was also attempting to cross U.S. 1 at the time, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
“The pedestrian was not utilizing the designated crosswalk area when crossing. As a result, the Honda collided with the pedestrian,” FHP said.
The pedestrian’s identity will not be released until family is identified. It is still unclear if any charges will be filed.
The northbound lanes of U.S. 1 were closed for more than three hours before reopening around 8:30 a.m., according to NBC 6.
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
