Driver, passenger killed in crash on Kendall Drive in Hammocks area

MIAMI, Fla. – Miami-Dade Police and traffic homicide detectives have released more details in a traffic crash that killed two people in the Hammocks district.

Police told Local 10 News at the scene that around 11:40 a.m. Thursday officers noticed the driver of a gray Honda sedan going an an extreme rate of speed in the area of Southwest 177th Avenue and Southwest 136th Street.

Officers said they entered their vehicles, activated lights and sirens and tried to stop the Honda. As the car approached the intersection of Southwest 88th Street and Southwest 177th Avenue, the driver made a right turn crashing into a white Dodge pickup truck that was stopped at a traffic light. The driver of the truck was not injured, according to police.

The driver of the Honda then continued eastbound on Southwest 88th Street at a high rate of speed, according to investigators. As the car approached the area of 168th Avenue and Southwest 88th Street, the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree.

The male driver of the car and the female passenger in the Honda died at the scene.

Kendall Drive, between 167th Avenue and Krome Avenue, was closed in both directions during the investigation. All lanes have since reopened.