Miami, FL – Authorities say a man is in custody following a hit and run crash that left two spring break visitors dead in Miami Beach. <\/p>\n
According to investigators and details outlined in the arrest report, the suspect allegedly struck the pedestrians along Collins Avenue before leaving the scene. <\/p>\n
The victims, both in their early twenties and visiting from out of state, were crossing the roadway when the collision occurred.<\/p>\n
Police say emergency responders transported both individuals to a nearby hospital, where they later died from their injuries. <\/p>\n
Witnesses reported seeing a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed moments before the crash, and some callers alerted authorities about erratic driving in the area prior to the incident.<\/p>\n
According to the arrest report, the suspect was later located and taken into custody. <\/p>\n
Investigators say the driver allegedly admitted to closing his eyes and accelerating just before impact. <\/p>\n
Authorities also noted signs of possible impairment, and a blood sample was obtained as part of the investigation after the suspect declined voluntary testing.<\/p>\n
The suspect is facing multiple charges, including vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash involving fatalities. <\/p>\n
Officials have not released additional details about the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
The incident comes during a busy spring break period in South Florida, when pedestrian traffic in areas like Miami Beach typically increases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami, FL – Authorities say a man is in custody following a hit and run crash that left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85000,23311,23307,84998,84996,123,125,124,115,84997,807,84999,729,221],"class_list":["post-202976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-clear-channel-miami","tag-coast-to-coast","tag-glenn-beck","tag-hannity","tag-jimmy-cefalo","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news","tag-schnitt","tag-south-florida","tag-the-weather-channel-wall-street-journal","tag-traffic","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202976","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=202976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}