Miami Gardens police said they have arrested a driver accused of hitting a child while trying to avoid slow-moving traffic on Tuesday morning.
According to police, officers responded to reports of a crash just before 8 a.m. in the 1200 block of northwest 188th Street.
Police said the driver of the black Ford Fusion was headed south on northwest 12th Avenue at a high rate of speed near northwest 188th Street when the driver tried to bypass slow-moving traffic by driving on the swale.
The vehicle then hit a tree and subsequently hit an 11-year-old.
That child was airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center with a head injury.
The driver, who hasn’t been identified, was taken into custody and was expected to face charges of reckless driving.
No other information was released.