700 Without Power After Deadly Pedestrian Accident

NW DADE (CBSMiami) – Approximately 700 residents and businesses of a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood lost power Wednesday morning after a traffic accident in which a pedestrian was killed and an SUV slammed into a utility pole.

It happened on 72nd Avenue near NW 4th Street.

Chopper4 over the scene spotted a silver sedan with damage to rear driver's side in the entrance way to a condominium. A yellow tarp covered body lying nearby.

A dark colored Ford Explorer was spotted less than a dozen yards away, its front end severely damaged from smashing into a utility pole which was leaning dangerous close to the condo building.

Traffic homicide investigators say the Explorer was involved in a crash with the Sentra at the intersection of 1^st Terrace and NW 72^nd Avenue.   The driver of the Explorer allegedly tried to escape the scene of the crash by driving northbound on NW 72^nd Avenue.  At 4^th Street they lost control, hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk before slamming into the pole.

Miami police have not released the name of the person who died.

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