An electric scooter driver is dead after crashing into a car at a Miami Beach intersection Wednesday morning, according to city police.
Officers responded to the collision at 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue — a short walk from the Miami Beach Police Department — around 10 a.m, according to a statement from the department. Helicopter footage from NBC 6 captured yellow crime scene tape roping off a Mercedes near a pool of blood and what appeared to be the scooter caught under the front of the car, the TV news station reported.
Moments before the collision, the scooter was riding southbound on Pennsylvania Avenue when witnesses say it ran a red light and barreled into the car, which was headed east on 11th, said Miami Beach police spokesman Christopher Bess. The victim, who officials confirmed is a man, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he died. His identity has yet to be released while detectives locate his family members…