Police tried to stop a driver for speeding. Shortly after, there was a fatal Miami crash.
A speeding car that officers were attempting to stop in North Bay Village was involved in a fatal crash in Miami early Friday, police said.
The two-car crash at 4 a.m. shut down a stretch of Biscayne Boulevard in both directions between 81st and 82nd streets for the investigation and cleanup.
The corridor is east of an Interstate 95 interchange and west of the 79th Street Causeway that leads to North Bay Village and Miami Beach.
The woman of the speeding car was injured in the crash. The woman driving the other car was killed, police said.
The injured woman was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center in serious condition, police said. She will be facing charges, which have not yet been announced.
Miami police, who are conducting the crash investigation, said speed and possibly alcohoh were contributing factors in the crash.
Neither woman has been identified.
North Bay Village police told the Miami Herald that officers attempted to stop the driver over multiple traffic violations, including speeding. The driver didn’t stop, and instead continued west over the 79th Street Causeway into Miami at a “high rate of speed,” police said.
Officers then cut off the pursuit, turning around on the causeway to return to their city limits, according to the statement.
“The North Bay Village Police Department was notified a short time later that the vehicle became involved in a traffic crash, which resulted with a fatality. The City of Miami Police Department and their Traffic Homicide Unit are leading the investigation of this matter,” the statement reads.
Miami police said they did not pursue the car.
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This story was originally published May 6, 2022 at 6:26 AM.
