Photo by: NBC Miami
A man was killed and two other people were hospitalized after a violent rollover crash in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood Friday morning, officials said.
The crash happened around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Southwest 21st Terrace and 92nd Avenue in Westchester.
Aerial footage showed the pickup truck on its side in front of a home with major damage. The van, which had heavy front end damage, could be seen in the yard of the home next door.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said two people who were in the van were taken to a local hospital as trauma alerts and were in critical condition.
The crash damaged other parked cars and investigators said a man who was in the pickup truck did not survive.
Two other people who were inside the truck fled on foot, police said.
“The wreckage of this traffic accident is pretty horrific so there is a good chance that the two individuals who fled may be injured but there’s really no way to tell until we locate those two people,” Miami-Dade Police Dte. Andre Martin said.
According to police, the incident began with a theft at a convenience store. A Miami-Dade Schools Police officer who was looking for the suspected thieves came across the crash scene.
It’s unknown if the people in the truck may have been connected to the theft.
Sebastian Lopez, who lives on the corner, said he woke up to the sound of the impact.
“It sounded like a bullet, it was crazy,” Lopez said.
No other information was immediately known.
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Source: nbc miami
