Suspect in deadly domestic stabbing dies in car crash after fleeing crime scene

MIAMI – Authorities in Miami-Dade are investigating a deadly incident after a man stabbed 2 people then died in a car crash.

According to police, a woman and her boyfriend were at her home on Northwest Miami Court at approximately 10:15 a.m. Sunday when the woman’s estranged husband arrived and stabbed them both.

The man then took off before rescue workers and police officers arrived.

First responders rushed the woman to Ryder Trauma Center in stable condition. Her boyfriend was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said a short time later, Highway Patrol troopers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue workers responded to a crash on northbound I-95 at the exit ramp of State Road 826.

The driver, who authorities identified as the estranged husband, was killed in the crash.

A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash near I-95 and the exit ramp for State Road 826. (WPLG)

Authorities have yet to release the names of either of the victims or the estranged husband.


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David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007.

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