A 63-year-old woman was tragically killed while riding a bicycle after a hit-and-run crash just steps away from a Miami Beach Police station.
Though the driver is now behind bars, shocking details have surfaced about one police officer’s lackadaisical response to bystanders’ desperate pleas for help.
As terrible as the wrenching loss was, former cop Edward Cavalie made it worse by refusing to file a report and directing a witness to go inside the station and do it themselves. The entirety of the crash was caught on surveillance cameras.
Esmat Ahmed Ibrahim Khedr was riding her electric bicycle on the shoulder of Washington Avenue back on April 28 when she was fatally hit by a blue Ford Bronco. As pedestrians rushed over to render assistance, the driver of the Bronco, Demarcus Cortez Harrington, sped off.
The bystanders then flagged down Officer Cavalie in his police car, hoping he could assist with the emergency and file a hit-and-run report. Instead, he also drove off, ignoring Khedr as she lay in the street in front of police headquarters, suffering from severe injuries.