The driver wanted for leaving the scene of an accident after colliding with a Miami-Dade cop on a motorcycle turned herself in late Monday, police said.
Lisa Caridad Garcia, 28, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash causing serious injuries after she turned herself in around 9 p.m., Miami-Dade police said.
Garcia was being held on $5,000 bond as of early Tuesday morning.
The incident happened around 2 a.m. Saturday morning, in the area of Southwest 35th Street and Southwest 102 Avenue when a when a light-colored, 4-door sedan appeared to have hit the officer, identified later as Doral Police Officer Carlos Alvarez.
The video shows the motorcycle officer riding from left to right, going off screen. Seconds later, the motorcycle’s headlight beam can be seen swerving in the frame of video. Then, the suspect’s car drives into frame in a swerving manner and leaving the scene.
Alvarez was taken to a hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Alvarez was part of the multi-agency task force conducting a D.U.I. saturation detail, according to Miami-Dade police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta.
