A woman was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle in Southwest Miami-Dade on Sunday, and one person was arrested, deputies said.<\/p>\n
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies, at around 2:28 a.m., arrived in the area of 15360 SW 295th Street after receiving reports of a crash involving an elderly pedestrian.<\/p>\n
Once at the scene, the woman was airlifted to Jackson South Medical in critical condition.<\/p>\n
The woman’s family identified her as 74-year-old Geraldine Byrd.<\/p>\n
NBC6 spoke with Byrd’s family, who said she remains in critical but stable condition. They say she was hit just feet away from her front gate.<\/p>\n
Neighbors said they were woken up by a large boom.<\/p>\n
“We could hear screaming,” Kristina Diaz said. “We could hear everybody telling, asking, ‘Where is she? Oh, she\u2019s under the car, call 911.'”<\/p>\n
Moments later, Ring Camera video captured the response as paramedics rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n
Byrd’s daughter-in-law said she had just returned home from the Miccosukee Casino, parked her car, and was opening her front gate when she was hit.<\/p>\n
Her car was also hit in the crash.<\/p>\n
Her family said the driver involved ran off and was chased by another family member.<\/p>\n
Deputies said that the driver was then taken into custody.<\/p>\n
His identity or the charges he faces were not released.<\/p>\n
Neighbors said they\u2019re heartbroken and described Byrd as a kind woman who always looked out for others.<\/p>\n
“She was a very nice person,” Diaz said. “Every time she would come out, she would say good morning to us. She always gave my daughter gifts for her birthday. She was a very kind person, so I really hope she pulls through.”<\/p>\n
Neighbors are also calling for improvements in the neighborhood that could help prevent another tragedy.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s very scary,” Diaz said. “Especially having a 1-year-old. I\u2019m very concerned. I feel either they have to be more proactive, either put lights or the stop signs need to be more visible.”<\/p>\n
An investigation into the incident remains active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was taken to the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle in Southwest Miami-Dade on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,373],"class_list":["post-361187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361187","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=361187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}