Woman arrested in fatal Broward hit-and-run crash, BSO says
Karen Essick, 66, was arrested Wednesday on charges of tampering with physical evidence and failure to remain on the scene in an accident involving death.
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Karen Essick, 66, was arrested Wednesday on charges of tampering with physical evidence and failure to remain on the scene in an accident involving death.
The unidentified woman was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Two pedestrians were killed after being hit by a vehicle on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach on Wednesday night, police say.
The report said it was an anonymous citizen who went to the Miami police station and told the front desk that there was a beige SUV in their apartment complex that matched the description of surveillance video they saw on the local news.
Surveillance video shows the driver did not slow down or stop after hitting Antonio Sanchez, 62, who later died at the hospital, according to authorities.
Police say Karina Pubchara-Martinez's silver Camry hit the boy and his mother while they were trying to cross the street and then fled the scene, leaving the boy with broken bones.
A hit-and-run driver was arrested Monday morning after slamming into the vehicle of a Broward sheriff's deputy twice, according to officials.
Police in Fort Lauderdale have made in arrest in connection to a hit-and-run that left a 70-year-old grandfather dead.
Police say cellphone data and surveillance video led them to a Sunrise man accused of leaving the scene after striking the 32‑year‑old before dawn in 2024.
"I've been hit before by a car by crossing the street, so that's my concern, making sure that doesn't happen again," Dali Henriquez said.
A Miami woman badly injured in a hit-and-run hopes new surveillance video showing a speeding SUV running a red light will help identify the driver.
According to investigators, the man was crossing the road when an unknown black SUV traveling south struck him and continued driving without rendering any aid.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said Michelson Jeancy faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving death and tampering with physical evidence.
A 45-year-old Miami man has been arrested after authorities said he struck and killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash last week.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said Edwin Alberto Serrano turned himself in to authorities after a fatal hit-and-run crash over the weekend.
A woman who went on the run after she was accused of causing a deadly crash in Hialeah nearly 20 years ago has been arrested, authorities say.
Deputies said they responded to the 3400 block of NW 32nd Avenue shortly before 5:30 a.m. and located a woman at the scene.
Deputies said they responded around 5 a.m. to the 21300 block of SW 187th Avenue after reports of a man lying in the roadway, according to MDSO.
It happened around 5 a.m. in the area of 213th Street and 187th Avenue near the Redland.
New surveillance video obtained by CBS News Miami shows haunting images as the victim, Gregory Hughes, is seen just moments before the crash riding his bicycle.
Miami police said Fernando De Los Rios admitted to being involved in the crash, adding that the victim was crossing in the dark and he panicked.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office released surveillance video of the moment a Miami father and grandfather was killed in a hit-and-run near North Miami.
Authorities said Enrique De Moya, a 69-year-old pedestrian, was struck and killed around 11:15 p.m. while crossing the intersection at NW 131 Street and NW 7 Avenue in Miami.
Detectives are asking for the public's help after they released a picture of what they believe to be the pickup truck involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a man in Broward County earlier this month, the sheriff's office said.
A Miami bicyclist is recounting the terrifying moment he says a Corvette hit him and kept going—just steps from his home.
