{"id":341100,"date":"2026-07-15T17:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341100\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T17:10:50","slug":"tesla-driver-arrested-in-hit-and-run-that-claimed-life-of-scooter-rider-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/341100\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla driver arrested in hit-and-run that claimed life of scooter rider, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAM-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A Tesla driver was arrested Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run in Little Havana that deputies say claimed the life of a scooter rider last month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/15\/arrestan-a-conductor-de-tesla-por-choque-y-fuga-que-cobro-la-vida-de-conductor-de-scooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/15\/arrestan-a-conductor-de-tesla-por-choque-y-fuga-que-cobro-la-vida-de-conductor-de-scooter\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jail records show Tyquane Ramses Hankerson is facing one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His arrest report states that the crash happened around 1:36 a.m. on June 8 as Hankerson, 19, was driving a black 2019 Tesla Model 3 northbound on Northwest 17th Avenue near loanDepot Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said the victim was riding an Ausom electric stand-up scooter in the same lane in front of the Tesla near Northwest 89th Street when Hankerson allegedly struck the rider from behind. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The report states the impact threw the victim onto the Tesla\u2019s windshield, where he became \u201cpartially wedged\u201d into the driver\u2019s side windshield until the vehicle braked. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Deputies said the victim then slid off the front of the Tesla and came to rest in the center turn lane of Northwest 27th Avenue near Northwest 90th Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the report, Hankerson got out of the Tesla, checked on the victim and called 911 to report the crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said he then returned to the Tesla before fleeing the scene on foot with two unidentified occupants. The report states Hankerson later returned with family members and was detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No other arrests were confirmed in connection with the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics responded to the scene and pronounced the victim dead at 1:47 a.m., according to the report. His or her age or identity weren\u2019t immediately released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After being read his Miranda rights, Hankerson initially told detectives that he had been a passenger in the Tesla and claimed the driver, identified only as \u201cTJ,\u201d ran from the scene, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators said surveillance video from a nearby home \u201cclearly captured\u201d Hankerson exiting the driver\u2019s side of the Tesla and running toward the victim after the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The report states Hankerson later gave detectives \u201ca full confession\u201d that was redacted from the publicly released report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As of Wednesday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed at $5,000. A judge also placed Hankerson on house arrest. <\/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":"MIAM-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A Tesla driver was arrested Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run in Little Havana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-341100","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\/341100","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=341100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}