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- Michel F. Vernet, 59, was arrested Thursday on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing death, Miami-Dade Police said
- According to police, 51-year-old Auguste Friznel was trying to cross Northwest 7th Avenue at Northwest 103rd Street when he was struck
Authorities have arrested a driver who they say killed a man in a hit-and-run crash in northwest Miami-Dade earlier this week that was caught on camera.
Michel F. Vernet, 59, was arrested Thursday on a charge of leaving the scene of a crash causing death, Miami-Dade Police said.
According to police, 51-year-old Auguste Friznel was trying to cross Northwest 7th Avenue at Northwest 103rd Street when he was struck by a Toyota Rav4 around 8:30 p.m. The incident was caught on a surveillance camera.
The vehicle didn't stop and fled the scene. Friznel was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he later died.
According to an arrest report, Vernet surrendered to police and confessed to being the driver of the Rav4 four days after the crash. Vernet told officers he didn't stop or report the crash to 911 because he was scared and worried his insurance was going to go up, the report said.
"It's sad to just hit somebody and keep it going," said Friznel's son, Fritznoe Auguste. "That's somebody's day, somebody's grandfather."
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Vernet was being held on $10,000 bond Friday, jail records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
