MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A man was rushed to Kendall Regional Medical Center Monday after he was struck by a car near Florida International University’s main campus in southwest Miami-Dade County.
The crash was reported just before 4:30 a.m. across the street from the Modesto A. Maidique campus at Southwest Eighth Street and 109th Avenue.
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Authorities said the victim, Adonis Torres, 20, was struck in the westbound lanes of Eighth Street while crossing the road when the driver had a green light.
The driver fled the scene. Police said they are still looking for that person and a silver Infinity M45 with partial tag X20.
FIU officials said Torres is not a student at the university, although police said he may have been walking to an apartment near the campus at the time.
Anyone with information about the hit-and-run is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.