MIAMI – Miami police are looking into whether the driver in a fiery crash in the city’s Little Haiti neighborhood suffered some type of medical emergency before crashing his car Monday.
He died at the scene, while medics took his passenger to the burn unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
The crash happened at around 3:15 p.m. near Northwest Second Avenue and 62nd Street.
The driver lost control, jumped a sidewalk and took down street signs and a fire hydrant before hitting two cars. His vehicle burst into flames.
“It was a big cloud of smoke,” witness Katiana Pierre said. “It was engulfing the entire block.”
He died, while fire crews rescued a woman he was driving with. Police said she was hospitalized in “very critical” condition, having suffered burns to more than half her body.
No one else was hurt.
A day after the fatal crash, a single bouquet of roses marks the spot where the victim died: a busy intersection with two schools and a bus stop.
Authorities haven’t yet identified the victims.