MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – A man was hit by a train and killed after running from the scene of a domestic violence incident Tuesday morning in Miami Shores, police say.
According to Miami-Dade police, the 23-year-old man and his girlfriend were at a store on Biscayne Boulevard, near NE 90th Street, when he punched her.
Police say they tried to talk to the man, but he ran away and, not realizing a southbound train was coming, was struck.
It is unknown whether the train was a passenger train or a freight train because it kept going, police say.
Yellow crime scene tape has blocked the area around the train tracks for hours Tuesday as police carry out their investigation.