MIAMI – A Corvette driver is facing criminal charges after fleeing from police and causing a crash at a Miami intersection that injured another driver, police said.
The crash occurred early Wednesday at Northwest 62nd Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.
Miami police Officer Michael Vega said officers received a call late Tuesday night about three men holding a gun to the head of another man at the Edison Terrace apartment complex on Northwest 56th Street. Vega said officers spotted a white Corvette that matched the description of the vehicle involved and attempted to stop the car, but it sped away before crashing into two cars, one of which spun and then crashed into a building.
"Based on the speed that they were traveling, it looked like they might have ran the red light," Vega said.
Vega said one man in the Corvette fled the scene, but the driver was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition. He said the third man believed to be involved in the initial robbery never got inside the Corvette.
"We don't know yet if the vehicle is stolen," Vega said. "We do know that it is possibly a rental vehicle."
The driver of the car that spun out of control and struck a building after being struck by the Corvette was taken to North Shore Medical Center in critical, but stable condition. The driver of the third vehicle was treated at the scene.
Vega said the Corvette driver faces charges of driving with a suspended license and fleeing and eluding police.
All three cars were later towed away.
Authorities said they were unable to locate the victim who initially claimed to have had a gun pointed at him.