NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – An accident at the intersection of NW 62nd Street and 25th Avenue involving a Miami-Dade patrol car that crashed into a vehicle around 5 p.m. on Monday ended up with three people in custody.
The crash happened as Miami-Dade Police Department units were assisting City of Miami Police in apprehending armed carjacking suspects.
Police said the armed carjacking happened around 4 a.m. Monday.
“Some guys came out and they told me to get on the floor, don’t even look at them because if I did, they would kill me,” said carjacking victim Carson Allen.
Allen said he was trying to get to work when he was first robbed at gunpoint. Then he said the suspects came back for his Nissan Sentra.
“When they came back they shot up the area, everybody fled, and when I looked, I seem them pressing the keys, they see the car lights flashing, they jumped in my car and took it,” Allen said.
The three people were taken to area hospitals including one person who was taken as a trauma alert to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Authorities said the suspects, who have not been identified, are ages 17, 19 and 20.
A long rifle was recovered from the stolen vehicle, and police reported that someone inside had pointed it at officers during the pursuit multiple times.
The Miami-Dade officer was transported and suffered a concussion, Local 10 learned. He is expected to make a full recovery.
Sky 10 was over the scene where the black sedan could be seen on its side and a damaged Miami-Dade Police Department cruiser had extensive front-end damage.