Police: Driver arrested after fatal hit-and-run crash in Miami

MIAMI – A 46-year-old man has been arrested following a hit-and-run crash in Miami that left a motorcyclist useless, authorities confirmed Friday morning.

Elton Suarez Mesa, of Miami, faces costs of leaving the scene of a crash involving a demise and vehicular murder.

In response to his arrest report, Suarez Mesa was driving a purple Toyota Corolla round 4:30 a.m. Thursday when he crashed into a bike on the intersection of Northwest forty seventh Avenue and West Flagler Road.

Miami police stated Suarez Mesa didn’t cease for the flashing purple gentle on the intersection and crashed into the Harley Davidson bike because it proceeded by means of a flashing yellow gentle.

In response to the report, he crashed into the bike earlier than placing the skin of an animal hospital.

After the crash, surveillance video reveals Suarez Mesa strolling across the automotive and looking out on the sufferer, Edgar Edmundo Sarduy Suarez, 50, as he laid unresponsive on the bottom, the report said.

Police stated the sufferer had been pinned between the constructing and the automobile.

Suarez Mesa then “ran again to the motive force facet of the automobile in a frantic method and searches contained in the automobile for one thing” earlier than working away, the report said.

Sarduy Suarez was later pronounced useless on the scene.

Family members informed Native 10 Information that Sarduy Suarez liked driving his bike and was on his option to work at Miami Worldwide Airport when he was hit.

In response to the arrest report, detectives recognized Suarez Mesa as the motive force because of fingerprints lifted from the automobile together with a number of objects contained in the automotive that had his title and deal with on them.

He was discovered by police round 8:15 p.m. Thursday at a Shell fuel station on Northwest forty second Avenue and Seventh Road and was taken into custody.

In response to the report, Suarez Mesa gave detectives a full confession to his involvement within the hit-and-run.