{"id":322392,"date":"2026-06-28T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322392\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T08:01:27","slug":"boy-dies-after-being-hit-by-truck-at-miami-motocross-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/322392\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy dies after being hit by truck at Miami Motocross Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782323828_40_Ambulance_final.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Investigators say the boy was riding a bicycle in between cars and crossed in front of a pickup truck that was exiting the park.\" alt=\"Investigators say the boy was riding a bicycle in between cars and crossed in front of a pickup truck that was exiting the park.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Investigators say the boy was riding a bicycle in between cars and crossed in front of a pickup truck that was exiting the park.<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images | Royalty Free<\/p>\n<p>A 5-year-old boy was killed after being struck by a pickup truck at a dirt-bike park, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>At around 9:15 p.m., deputies responded to reports of a traffic crash at Miami Motocross Park, located at 16665 NW Krome Ave. in Hialeah Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the boy was riding a bicycle in between cars and crossed in front of a pickup truck that was exiting the park.<\/p>\n<p>The boy died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Motocross Park released a statement on social media announcing the cancellation of a race this weekend due to \u201cextremely unfortunate circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/288625454\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milena Malaver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators say the boy was riding a bicycle in between cars and crossed in front of a pickup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-322392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322392","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=322392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}