OPA-LOCKA, Fla. \u2014 Agatha \u201cAggie\u201d Hunter died on Friday in the hospital about four days after a driver struck her during an early morning walk with her dog in northwestern Miami-Dade County. <\/p>\n
Relatives said the 75-year-old matriarch, who was independent, suffered a head injury and bone fractures when the driver struck her as she walked to a store near her apartment in Opa-locka. <\/p>\n
\u201cHer bones were broken from her legs all the way up to her neck,\u201d said Hunter\u2019s daughter-in-law Tesia Hunter.<\/p>\n
Shortly after 2:25 a.m., on July 6, a dispatcher reported a driver had struck the grandmother as she walked northbound on Northwest 27th Avenue near Sesame Street and Sharazad Boulevard. <\/p>\n
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to 14471 NW 27th Ave. and took Agatha Hunter to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center, where doctors tried to save her. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are devastated,\u201d Tesia Hunter said. \u201cWe are hurt; we are heartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n
Agatha Hunter\u2019s neighbors said drivers often speed on Northwest 27th Avenue, and there have been other pedestrians fatally struck in the area.<\/p>\n
Tesia Hunter said she and her family had a message for the driver who struck her: \u201cWhy? Because if you slow down, no matter what time you are driving, there are still people out there that you have to look out for.\u201d<\/p>\n
The driver remained at the scene of the crash and cooperated with police officers, according to the Opa-locka Police Department. Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies with the traffic homicide unit were investigating the cause of the crash. <\/p>\n