One of two women who was walking on a sidewalk when she was injured following a crash involving a Miami Police officer over the weekend has died, authorities said.
Michelle Veronica Salmeron Membreno, 23, has died from her injuries following the incident, Miami Police officials confirmed Monday.
According to the Miami Police Department, the incident happened Saturday evening at Northwest Seventh Street and 47th Avenue in Flagami when the officer’s automobile slammed with another car.
One or both of the automobiles hit Salmeron Membreno and another woman who was on the sidewalk near a bus bench.
“The impact was so severe it took away the bench and the ladies on the sidewalk. When we spotted it, they were already laying on the floor. I heard it and came to check what everyone was watching,” said witness Sergio Velasquez in Spanish.
Salmeron Membreno, the second pedestrian and the police were all transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Salmeron Membreno died of her injuries.
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