2 hospitalized, driver arrested in wrong-way hit-and-run involving scooter in Little Havana

Two people were hospitalized and a driver was arrested after a hit-and-run involving a scooter in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood early Sunday.

Miami Police officials said officers responded to the crash in the 2200 block of Southwest 8th Street around 4 a.m. and found two people, including the scooter's driver and passenger, injured.

Footage from the scene showed what appeared to be a Chevrolet sedan facing the wrong way on the one-way street, with the damaged scooter on the street. Video also showed the car’s driver door open.

Both injured victims were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.

According to an arrest report, one victim was intubated with internal bleeding and a broken leg. He also had to have his spleen removed, needed 500 units of blood, and his condition was life-threatening.

The second victim sustained pelvic and spinal fractures, and her injuries are also life-threatening, the report said.

The report said the driver of the Chevy was going the wrong way down the street when he crashed head-on into the scooter.

The driver, identified as 34-year-old Jose Daniel Torres-Matamoros, ordered a ride share and fled the scene, the report said.

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He went to his home where he called 911 and said he'd been involved in a crash, the report said.

When Torres-Matamoros was taken for questioning, an officer noticed he had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, the report said.

Torres-Matamoros admitted he'd had a beer earlier in the night, the report said.

Police arrested Torres-Matamoros on charges of leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury, and not having a valid driver's license.