HIALEAH, Fla. — A 21-year-old man accused in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a bicyclist in Hialeah turned himself in to police, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.
Leonel Alejandro Laferte was arrested Thursday following a traffic homicide investigation into the crash that Hialeah police say occurred around 4:11 a.m. near Southeast Fourth Avenue and East Okeechobee Road.
According to the report, Laferte went to Hialeah Police Department headquarters on June 11 and told investigators he was driving the 2022 Kia Stinger involved in the deadly crash.
The report states that 37-year-old Kenneth William Wimbley Jr. was riding a bicycle northbound and attempting to cross East Okeechobee Road when he entered the center lane and was struck by Laferte.
Police said Wimbley suffered critical injuries and was taken to Hialeah Hospital before being transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he died.
Kenneth Wimbler Sr., the victim’s father, told Local 10’s Rosh Lowe on Friday that his son was delivering for Uber Eats on his way to another job when he was fatally struck.
“It’s like I lost my best friend,” he said. “Just imagine how my family is crying, especially his mother.”
According to the report, Laferte, of Hialeah, admitted during a post-Miranda interview that he was involved in the crash. Police also cited scene evidence and surveillance video obtained during the investigation.
The report states Laferte “failed to immediately stop, remain at the scene or provide aid as required by Florida law.”
Instead, investigators said he left the area and did not report the crash until he later appeared at police headquarters.
Police also learned Laferte’s driver’s license was suspended at the time of the crash.
Kenneth Wimbley is now “giving the justice system a chance” to make things right.
“I’m still in shock and I don’t know when I’m gonna get over it. He left my son out there like a piece of meat, like a dead carcass,” he said. “You just left him out there. You didn’t even call to say something.”
Jail records show Laferte is facing one count each of leaving the scene of a crash involving death and driving while his license is suspended.
As of Friday, he was being held on a $50,000 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
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