{"id":198215,"date":"2026-03-19T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:56:08","slug":"man-arrested-in-miami-beach-hit-and-run-that-killed-2-pedestrians-police-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/198215\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Miami Beach hit-and-run that killed 2 pedestrians, police say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is facing vehicular manslaughter and other charges after a hit-and-run crash that killed two pedestrians in Miami Beach Wednesday night, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Adan Negron-Morris, 42, is also charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, Miami Beach Police said.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Negron-Morris was behind the wheel of a black Nissan Sentra and was seen driving in a reckless manner without headlights in the area of 71st Street and Collins Avenue shortly after 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Sentra passed a Miami Beach officer who attempted to respond as multiple 911 calls were simultaneously received about the reckless driving, police said.<\/p>\n<p>As Negron-Morris entered the intersection at 73rd Street and Collins, he struck two pedestrians as the Sentra continued to 74th Street and Collins, where he stopped and fled on foot into a nearby Walgreens, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told officers where Negron-Morris could be found, and he was taken into custody before he was brought to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/031926-Adan-Negron-Morris-arrest-video.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Miami Beach Police body camera video shows the arrest of Adan Negron-Morris on March 18, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMiami Beach PoliceMiami Beach Police<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach Police body camera video shows the arrest of Adan Negron-Morris on March 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach Fire Rescue took both of the pedestrians to a local hospital where they died from their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report, a DUI investigation was initiated and Negron-Morris showed signs of impairment but refused to give a blood sample, though police ordered hospital staff to obtain a forced blood draw.<\/p>\n<p>Negron-Morris later told investigators that he suffers from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression, and had intended to take his own life by crashing the vehicle, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he recalled &#8220;closing his eyes, pressing the accelerator, and hoping to die&#8221; and said after hearing the crash he stopped as soon as he could and considered leaving the scene but instead went into the Walgreens, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Negron-Morris also said his drug of choice is crack cocaine and marijuana but on the date of the crash he&#8217;d only had marijuana and an unknown medication provided by his girlfriend, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Negron-Morris was arrested and booked into jail, officials said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man is facing vehicular manslaughter and other charges after a hit-and-run crash that killed two pedestrians in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,1642,125,124],"class_list":["post-198215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}