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Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a Miami trolley on Monday.
The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. on Southwest 8th Street near 36th Avenue in Little Havana.
Miami officials have identified the victim as 60-year-old Dwayne Haywood.
Police said Haywood had been a passenger on the trolley and may have been trying to remove a bicycle from the front rack when the incident happened.
“At some point, the deceased person was a passenger aboard the trolley, we don’t know at which point he was a passenger but we can confirm that at some point he was a passenger,” City of Miami spokesperson Kenia Fallat said. “It appears to be that he was trying to get a bicycle off the bracket, we are talking to the driver to gather a little more and also speaking to witnesses on the scene to see if perhaps they can paint a clearer picture as to what transpired.”
Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the Haywood’s body on the sidewalk covered by a white cloth next to the parked trolley. A bicycle could also be seen wedged under the trolley.
Fallat said Miami Fire Rescue responded and pronounced Haywood dead at the scene.
While police believe the incident appears to be an accident, there’s an investigation underway.
“Right now it is an ongoing investigation and there’s a lot that we still don’t know,” Fallat said.
Police said the incident had Southwest 8th Street between 36th and 37th Avenues closed.
No other information was immediately known.
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Source: NbcMiami
