Miami-Dade man accused of deadly pedestrian hit-and-run

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Alberto Pozo (MDCR)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 65-year-old antheral is accused of hitting a pedestrian adjacent his southwest Miami-Dade location and leaving him to dice successful the thoroughfare without ever giving assistance oregon calling 911.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the accused driver, Alberto Pozo, connected Wednesday successful transportation with the April 16 clang successful the unincorporated Palmetto Estates area.

The wreck happened astatine 11 p.m. arsenic a pedestrian crossed Southwest 112th Avenue adjacent 160th Street extracurricular of a crosswalk, deputies said.

Authorities said Pozo, who lives astir a mile away, deed the antheral and kept connected driving.

Deputies said they were capable to way down the Dodge Journey SUV to Pozo’s location and saw it with harm “consistent with hitting a pedestrian.”

They said helium made an admission, which was redacted from the apprehension report.

Authorities said helium turned himself successful astatine an MDSO presumption Wednesday nighttime and was arrested connected a complaint of leaving the country of a clang involving death.

Pozo was being held successful the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center connected a $15,000 enslaved arsenic of Thursday afternoon.