Traffic

A woman was struck and killed near Miami criminal courthouse, police say. Avoid the area

A woman was struck and killed by a truck near Miami’s criminal courthouse early Tuesday, police said.

It happened shortly before 7 a.m. in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and North River Drive, near the Publix at River Landing and the parking lot of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building.

The woman is believed to be 30 to 40 years old, according to Miami police. The truck driver remained at the crash.

Traffic homicide detectives are investigating.

Police say drivers should expect delays and to avoid the area.

No other information was immediately available.

This article will be updated.

This story was originally published November 16, 2021 at 8:02 AM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
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
Get unlimited digital access
#ReadLocal

Try 1 month for $1

CLAIM OFFER