MIAMI – A man was killed early Monday morning in a hit-and-run crash while riding a scooter on his way to work at Costa Farms, Miami-Dade Police said.
Authorities have identified the victim as 46-year-old Alexis Munoz, who was reportedly dropping his wife off at the farm where they both worked when he was fatally struck.
The incident occurred at the intersection of S.W. 194th Avenue and S.W. 208th Street in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Police said the driver of a silver pickup truck, towing a flatbed trailer, collided with Munoz and continued southbound for 24 blocks before crashing into a fence and damaging plants at another farm along S.W. 194th Avenue, near S.W. 232nd Street.
The driver fled the scene after this second crash and detectives have not yet determined whether he was alone in the vehicle or why he did not stay at the initial crash site.
A spokeswoman for Costa Farms expressed the company’s deep sorrow over the tragedy.