More than five months after a man was struck and killed in a hit-and-run while cycling home from work in southwest Miami-Dade, police said they've arrested the driver.
Peter Garcia, 26, was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing death in the May 14 crash that killed 34-year-old Jose Piedra Perez, Miami-Dade Police said Thursday.
Police said Garcia was behind the wheel of a 2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250 when he hit Perez's bicycle on Sunset Drive at Southwest 109th Avenue around 1:40 a.m.
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Perez was thrown onto the hood of the car and fell into the roadway as the Mercedes fled the scene, police said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and pronounced Perez dead at the scene.
Later that day, the owner of the car went to police and said she was a passenger at the time of the crash and had pleaded with Garcia to return to the scene but he refused, an arrest report said.
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Garcia, of Cutler Bay, surrendered to police on Wednesday with his attorney, the report said. He was booked into jail.
Friends said Perez worked in the kitchen of a Don Burrito Restaurant and would bike to and from work.
