HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - Hialeah Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run.
Hialeah Fire Rescue and Police responded to the scene along East Ninth Street, off Second Avenue, just after 6 a.m. Thursday.
The victim, said to be in his 50s, was confirmed dead at the scene of the crash.
7SkyForce HD flew over the scene where two white vehicles could be seen with extensive front-end damage due to a head-on collision. The medical examiner could also be seen wheeling a gurney away from the scene with the deceased victim in a black body bag.
Inicia Ramos lives near where the crash happened and said she heard two loud bangs.
“I thought it was a garbage truck,” she said through a translator. “I saw the police lights through the window. I saw and then realized it was an accident that happened. I think it’s actually very sad because this person was coming back from work, and without doing anything, he was killed.”
Witnesses said a third vehicle was also involved in the crash but fled the scene before first responders arrived.
Residents said the crash stems from cars constantly exceeding the speed limit, which is a much bigger problem for those living nearby.
“This street is very dangerous,” a nearby resident said through a translator. “After 3 a.m., there are people racing out here.”
Ricardo Anon lives in front of where the crash occurred, and as a father to a young daughter, he said it’s terrifying that cars constantly speed on the street.
“The problem here all the time is the speed,” Anon said. “I have a daughter and too much kids in the house. It’s one problem.”
Surveillance video from a nearby business captured the moments leading up the collision and a small glimpse of one of the white cars left crashed on the roadway. A red sedan behind the white car could be seen abruptly stopping afterwards.
East Ninth Street had been shut down between East First Avenue and Second Avenue for several hours, but police have since cleared the scene.
“I hope you turn yourself in to the authorities, and I hope you pay for what you did because an innocent person is dead,” Ramos said.
Witnesses on scene said police are searching for a black SUV, but investigators have not confirmed the hit-and-run vehicle’s description.
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