Man killed in hit-and-run crash in Miami

MIAMI – Miami police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred Tuesday night.

According to police, the crash involving a car and a pedestrian was reported at 8:39 p.m. in the area of Southwest Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street.

Police said officers arrived at the scene and found a man in his 40s who had been struck by a car.

Miami Fire Rescue personnel transported him to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he later died.

According to authorities, the victim was crossing Eighth Street, from north to south, at Eighth Court.

Police said the driver would not have been cited since the victim wasn’t supposed to be crossing in that area, but the driver chose to flee the scene and will criminally charged if found.

No other details were immediately released.

Anyone with further information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.