MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A southwest Miami-Dade man is facing a felony charge after state troopers said he seriously injured a motorcyclist in a hit-and-run crash just outside of Florida City Friday night.

Investigators said the crash happened just before 9 p.m. in the area of Southwest 192nd Avenue and 349th Street.

Police said Rodrigo Rivas, 19, hit the motorcyclist and took off. Medics took the victim to Jackson South Medical Center.

Investigators said Florida City police put out a be-on-the-lookout notice for the a suspect’s vehicle and a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detective later saw a Chevrolet Malibu “traveling on a rim,” then found the sedan pulled over on Southwest 195th Avenue and 340th Street.

A Florida Highway Patrol arrest report states that Rivas flagged the detective down, “confessed that he was involved in a car crash” and said “he thought he hit someone and did not know what to do.”

The MDSO detective, troopers said, “inspected the vehicle for damage and observed front right-side damage, along with what appeared to be evidence of blood and tissue, which was consistent with a car collision.”

A state trooper took Rivas into custody just after midnight on Saturday on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury.

The FHP arrest report lists no indication of drug or alcohol use.

Additional details about the motorcyclist weren’t immediately available on Monday.

Rivas no longer appeared in Miami-Dade jail records as of Monday afternoon.

Man, 19, accused of seriously injuring motorcyclist in hit-and-run near Florida City

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