Video shows fiery crash injuring 3 during police chase in Miami

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Surveillance video launched on Friday exhibits a fiery crash throughout a police chase in Miami.

The lady who crashed into an Uber driver and his passenger — whereas making an attempt to get away from cops on Thursday in Miami-Dade County — was a suspect in a number of burglaries in Miami, in keeping with Detective Alvaro Zabaleta.

Undercover cops reported figuring out the stolen van she was driving close to the intersection of Flagler Avenue and Northwest 42 Avenue. A police officer tried a visitors cease, and when she refused to cease, a police helicopter joined the pursuit, in keeping with Zabaleta, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Division.

“The crime prevention unit of the Midwest District was working proactive element, mainly in search of prison exercise within the space of 42 Avenue to 40 Avenue round Flagler,” Zabaleta mentioned. “It’s an space identified to have prison exercise involving narcotics and due to this fact that’s why they have been saturating the realm in an undercover capability.”

The crash was close to the intersection of Flagler Avenue and Northwest 27 Avenue in Miami’s Little Havana. Zabaleta mentioned the girl was driving southbound on the northbound lanes when she struck a four-door white car — injuring a person who was working as an Uber driver and a girl who was his passenger.

“These two sufferers have been instantly transported to the hospital, the male in steady situation, the feminine in crucial situation with a number of fractures,” mentioned Lt. Pete Sanchez, a spokesman for Miami Hearth Rescue.

After the fiery collision, the girl within the stolen van went on to crash right into a wall and was trapped, in keeping with Sanchez.

“It took about 10 minutes for our rescue crews to have the ability to extricate her and free her from the car,” Sanchez mentioned.

Miami Hearth Rescue personnel took the girl to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Middle. Sanchez mentioned her situation was crucial.

Cops discovered drug paraphernalia inside what was left of the van, Zabaleta mentioned.

“Our detectives have been talking with detectives from town of Miami and we discovered that they have been in search of a car that matched this description,” Zabaleta mentioned, including the girl is a suspect in a number of burglaries.