OPA-LOCKA — A person is useless immediately after getting hit by an Amtrak teach in northwestern Miami-Dade County on Sunday afternoon, prompting law enforcement to shut down visitors close by the incident.
Close to 12:11 p.m., Opa-locka Law enforcement responded to a report about a pedestrian struck by an Amtrak prepare on the west aspect of the tracks in the spot of Ali-Baba and Dunad Avenue. The sufferer has not nevertheless been identified.
Officers are currently on the scene and have notified Miami-Dade Police’s Homicide Bureau to answer and assistance with the investigation.
As a consequence of the incident, visitors has been blocked off in both equally instructions to aid crisis reaction initiatives and make certain public basic safety, police mentioned. OLPD is urging residents nearby and commuters to physical exercise warning, stick to detour guidelines and cooperate with officers as they perform to preserve visitors move.
“Our heartfelt condolences go out to the spouse and children and cherished ones of the pedestrian involved in this heartbreaking incident,” OLPD mentioned. “Our ideas are with all those affected by this reduction for the duration of this tough time.”
