Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nMiami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Jay Hudson Harmon, 65, on hit-and-run and aggravated battery charges on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to MDSO, the incident happened on the evening of Aug. 7 at the West Kendall Transit Terminal, located at 9155 SW 162nd Ave., a few blocks south of Kendall Drive.<\/p>\n
An arrest report states that CCTV footage taken at around 9:40 p.m. showed Harmon driving his Jeep towards the victim, hitting him with his front bumper and knocking him to the ground.<\/p>\n
Deputies said Harmon kept driving, \u201crunning the victim over with the passenger side front and back wheel of (his) vehicle\u201d and left.<\/p>\n
According to the report, medics took the victim to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with injuries including \u201ca right parietal laceration to his head, a perforated bladder, left tibial fracture and multiple rib fractures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities said Harmon came back about an hour later and fessed up to being the driver, saying he purposely hit the man because he thought his son\u2019s \u201clife was in danger,\u201d though no additional explanation is included in the MDSO report.<\/p>\n
Harmon told deputies he \u201cthen drove home,\u201d the report states, \u201cthen decided to come back to the scene after realizing what he had done at the bus stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputies arrested Harmon at MDSO\u2019s Hammocks District station on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as \u201cto be set\u201d in online jail records.<\/p>\n
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