NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A rollover wreck in Northwest Miami-Dade ended with one person killed and another transported to the hospital.
Officials said a stolen black BMW that was involved in a police pursuit was traveling southbound along 71st Street and 22nd Avenue when it went over the train tracks at a high rate of speed and the driver lost control, Wednesday afternoon.
The vehicle then drove onto coming traffic, hitting another vehicle before striking a pole and fence. The car rolled over several times in a grassy area and two people were thrown out of the vehicle.
Both of the people ejected were treated on the scene before officials transported them to Jackson Memorial Hospital where the passenger was later pronounced dead.
Police identified the driver as 18-year-old Zaykesse Johnson and the passenger as 19-year-old Winny Victor.
“[Johnson] is now in the hospital. As far as we know he’s in stable condition,” said Miami-Dade Police Detective Chris Thomas.
Police said it all started with a routine traffic stop on Northwest 79th Street and Sixth Avenue, earlier in the afternoon.
“Once the officers exited the vehicle and they approached the vehicle, the driver put the vehicle in motion,” said Thomas.
A witness who wanted to be identified as Ms. Ronnie described the scene.
“Oh, my God,” she said. “When it hit that pole, it looked like something off the TV. The bodies were flying out that car, spinning around, up in the air!”
Other witnesses said they saw a police cruiser chasing the BMW before the driver lost control, around 3:30 p.m.
“They were rushing. The police, they were going around, around, around like a high-speed chase,” Ms. Ronnie said. “They were going too fast. It got out of control and hit that pole over there. You could see how the car got crushed up.”
She told 7News that it was too much to watch the incident unfold. “Everywhere you go is dangerous, everywhere,” Ms. Ronnie said. “You have to stay prayed up. That’s all I can say.”
Officials continue to investigate the incident. It remains unclear what charges the driver will face.
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