Dirt bike rider hits pedestrian while trying to flee cops in Wynwood, police say

MIAMI — A dirt bike rider trying to flee cops instead lost control and hit a pedestrian in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood on Saturday night, sending her to the hospital and the suspect to jail, according to police.

Miami police said an officer noticed a large group of dirt bike and ATV riders “gathering and impeding traffic” on Northwest Second Avenue and 27th Street at around 11:15 p.m.

Police said two other officers on foot patrol saw the group as they approached Northwest 26th Street and approached Chamari Jaheim Pippins, 22, of Hollywood, who was on a blue Yamaha dirt bike with no license tag…

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