The impact from a Sunday morning hit-and-run accident was so forceful, a Honda Civic on the receiving end had to be towed away before the bodies of its driver and two passengers could be removed from the wreckage.
A fourth passenger in the vehicle was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
The Civic was traveling west on 82nd Street near 2nd Avenue between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. when it was struck by a blue van, whose driver fled immediately.
A security guard in the area said the van driver appeared to be limping as he ran from the scene.
The Medical Examiner's office will handle extricating the deceased passengers from the car. Miami Fire Rescue said they include the driver, a man in his 30s, and two women in their 20s who were riding in the backseat.
