MIAMI (WSVN) - An investigation is underway after a man was fatally struck after getting off of a trolley in Miami.
Miami Police arrived at the scene at Southwest Eighth Street and 36th Avenue, Monday afternoon.
According to police, after the victim got off of the trolley, he was getting his bike off the rack in the front of the trolley when he was fatally run over by the driver.
“At some point, he was a passenger,” said City of Miami Communications Kenia Fallat said. “It appears to be that he was trying to get a bicycle off the bracket. The City of Miami trolley was heading in the eastbound direction.”
7News cameras captured the trolley stopped and a white sheet over the victim. The bike was crushed underneath the trolley.
Police described the passengers as a Black man in his 50s. He has not been identified.
“Miami Fire Rescue arrived on the scene to treat the pedestrian but he was pronounced deceased,” said Fallat.
The driver who struck him, police said, was third-party contracted driver.
“The driver is an outsourced employee, not a City of Miami employee,” said Kenia Fallat. “We are talking to the driver to gather a little more and also speaking to witnesses on the scene to see if the can perhaps paint a clearer picture into what transpired.”
The roadway was closed for hours but have since reopened.
No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate.
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