{"id":305287,"date":"2026-06-12T15:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305287\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:21:07","slug":"driver-turns-self-in-after-killing-cyclist-in-hialeah-hit-and-run-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/305287\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver turns self in after killing cyclist in Hialeah hit-and-run, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HIALEAH, Fla.  \u2014 A 21-year-old man accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/11\/driver-at-large-after-bicyclist-killed-in-hialeah-hit-and-run-cops-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/11\/driver-at-large-after-bicyclist-killed-in-hialeah-hit-and-run-cops-say\/\">killed a bicyclist in Hialeah<\/a> turned himself in to police, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/12\/policia-se-entrega-conductor-tras-matar-a-ciclista-en-atropello-y-fuga-en-hialeah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/06\/12\/policia-se-entrega-conductor-tras-matar-a-ciclista-en-atropello-y-fuga-en-hialeah\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Leonel Alejandro Laferte was arrested Thursday following a traffic homicide investigation into the crash that Hialeah police say occurred around 4:11 a.m. near Southeast Fourth Avenue and East Okeechobee Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the report, Laferte went to Hialeah Police Department headquarters on June 11 and told investigators he was driving the 2022 Kia Stinger involved in the deadly crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The report states that 37-year-old Kenneth William Wimbley was riding a bicycle northbound and attempting to cross East Okeechobee Road when he entered the center lane and was struck by Laferte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said Wimbley suffered critical injuries and was taken to Hialeah Hospital before being transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center, where he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the report, Laferte, of Hialeah, admitted during a post-Miranda interview that he was involved in the crash. Police also cited scene evidence and surveillance video obtained during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The report states Laferte \u201cfailed to immediately stop, remain at the scene or provide aid as required by Florida law.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Instead, investigators said he left the area and did not report the crash until he later appeared at police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police also learned Laferte\u2019s driver\u2019s license was suspended at the time of the crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jail records show Laferte is facing one count each of leaving the scene of a crash involving death and driving while his license is suspended. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Friday, he was being held on a $50,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HIALEAH, Fla. \u2014 A 21-year-old man accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Hialeah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-305287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305287","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=305287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}