OPA-LOCKA, FLA. (WSVN) – A man was killed and two women were rushed to the hospital after their car crashed in an Opa-locka neighborhood, then burst into flames.<\/p>\n
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, the fiery wreck took place on along the Northwest 135th Street, near 27th Avenue, just before 7:15 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Cellphone video captured the vehicle involved fully engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n
Area resident Carlos Tapanes said the crash took place right in front of his house.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking about fire, I would say maybe about, you know, 10 feet high, right in front of my house on Sunday,\u201d he said. \u201cThat gentleman hit that car going 120, maybe more, and he flew in the air! And his whole undercarriage hit the floor, and once it hit the floor, he was out of control, he couldn\u2019t handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cellphone video captured Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units at the scene and the victims on the ground, in need of medical care, as well as debris scattered on the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire just quickly grew, just maybe two minutes later, the entire car, it is a Corvette, orange; you can\u2019t really tell that now. It just looks like \u2013 you can\u2019t see much of the car right now,\u201d said area resident Vivian Medina.<\/p>\n
Medina and area resident James Moyer said they heard the moment of impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got woken up to, like basically, just this really loud sound,\u201d said Medina. \u201cThe fire just quickly grew, just maybe two minutes later, <\/p>\n
\u201cIt almost sounded like a grenade or something,\u201d said Moyer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw this, the whole street was filled with smoke,\u201d said Medina.<\/p>\n
MDSO investigators said that the Corvette was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit several parked cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey literally just zigzagged \u2013 they missed the tree in front of my house, then hit the cars of my neighbor\u2019s house,\u201d said Medina.<\/p>\n
\u201cI go outside, what do I see? All my cars dismantled,\u201d said Tapanes.<\/p>\n
Detectives said the driver was ejected from the Corvette. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
One of the passengers was also thrown from the car, while the other was trapped inside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a hard experience,\u201d said Moyer. \u201cI pray for whoever died in the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n
With tears in his eyes, Moyer said he and his wife rushed to help get the trapped passenger out of the car.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe grabbed her, we tried to pull her out a little bit, and it wasn\u2019t far enough, \u2019cause when the car started to, like, come up with flames, it started like spreading out throughout the whole car,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we pulled her away, everything was just broken; her arms were broken, her legs were broken.\u201d<\/p>\n
The surviving victims were airlifted to Ryder Trauma Center, where they remain in critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured loved ones of those involved outside the hospital, emotional and distraught.<\/p>\n
People who live on the street where the crash took place said they\u2019ve seen too many wrecks.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured the aftermath of another violent wreck on the same street in 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey airlifted another gentleman from there. You know, that\u2019s the one closest [to] here,\u201d said Tapanes. \u201cBefore that one, right there, you can see on that faded fence, a car went in there. There\u2019s another car that went into that building, there\u2019s another car that went into the first house. There\u2019s been three cars that went right in here; that\u2019s why they put this gate.\u201d <\/p>\n
Area residents said they want something done before any more lives are lost.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just off the phone with the commissioner right now, letting them know what happened, what actions are they planning on doing,\u201d said Tapanes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to change the rules around here, \u2019cause this road is dangerous,\u201d said Moyer.<\/p>\n
Loved ones identified the driver who was killed as Steven Lenard Hadley, adding he would have turned 36 on Monday and he was out celebrating his birthday early at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n
Back in June 2023, a crash happened next door to where the car caught fire on Sunday.<\/p>\n
While a 7News crews was at the scene of the wreck on Monday morning, yet another violent crash took place.<\/p>\n
7News has reached out to Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien regarding possible plans for this road as well as neighbors concerns.<\/p>\n
The MDSO Traffic Homicide Unit is currently investigating the circumstances that led to the crash.<\/p>\n
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