NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Residents of a Northeast Miami-Dade neighborhood are cleaning up after a driver smashed into the entrance of an apartment complex, and a witness said the same motorist hit his vehicle shortly before the crash.
According to a witness, a black Honda sedan was speeding when the driver lost control in the area of Northeast 13th Avenue, near 119th Street, just after 4:30 a.m., Friday.
Footage of the aftermath showed the Honda totaled and missing its front bumper.
Lewis Kemp said this all started when the driver of the Honda hit his SUV while at a red light on Biscayne Boulevard, causing minor damage to his vehicle’s back bumper.
“I see his lights coming behind me. ‘Boom,’ he hits me,” said Kemp. “He backs up, he drives off.”
Kemp said he got out to check the damage to his SUV and continued on his way.
“I took it as a loss when he hit me,” he said.
Less than two minutes later, Kemp said, smashed into the fence at the entrance of the apartment complex as he sped down the neighborhood.
“I see his lights just driving crazy down the street, driving down crazy. I said, ‘Damn, that’s him right there,'” he said. “I see the taillights just go up in the air and flip.”
A resident said the crash was deafening.
“Oh, very loud, scary, of course,” she said.
Despite the smash and dash on his SUV, Kemp said he went to make sure the driver was OK and called 911.
“I went up to the car, I asked him, I said, ‘Hey, are you all right, are you all right, are you all right?'” he said. “He came to, he stumbled out of the car, he started to talk to me, He was, ‘Oh, I’ll Zelle you some money, don’t call the police, don’t call the police.’ I said, ‘I already called the police because I thought you were dead.'”
The driver, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown.
“I hate it for him. I hope he makes it through his little injuries and whatnot, whatever,” said Kemp, “but karma. Karma, man.”
The entrance gate was damaged, along with parts of the concrete barrier wall.
Hours later, 7News cameras captured the Honda’s front bumper next to debris from the barrier wall.
Police have not specified what charges, if any, the driver of the Honda will be facing, as they continue their investigation.
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