NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — A 19-year-old man is facing a felony charge after North Miami police said he hit a pedestrian with a Dodge Charger and took off Monday, leaving the victim seriously hurt.
Police said Samuel Shiete O’Reilly claimed that he was in the middle of a “pursuit” at the time.
According to an arrest report from the North Miami Police Department, the crash happened just before 1 p.m. in the area of 476 NE 125th St., which corresponds to a shopping center.
Investigators said O’Reilly, of northwest Miami-Dade, hit the man with the white Dodge Charger as he “attempt(ed) to cross the roadway.” Authorities said cellphone video showed the crash and the Charger continuing to drive east.
The NMPD report states that medics took the victim to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, having suffered a “severe laceration to the top of his head.”
Meanwhile, police said they found the Charger ― and O’Reilly ― about two hours later near Jimmy’s Diner, which is located in the same shopping center parking lot.
According to the report, O’Reilly told officers he had come back “to check on the victim” and said the crash happened as ”he was attempting to pursue a client who had failed to pay for services rendered."
Police said he “admitted that during the pursuit, he struck the victim and, out of fear and uncertainty, fled the scene.”
The report doesn’t make clear what exactly O’Reilly does for a living.
Officers arrested O’Reilly on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury.
As of Tuesday morning, records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.
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