Man arrested in hit-and-run that killed woman crossing street in northeast Miami-Dade – NBC 6 South Florida

A man was arrested over the weekend in a hit-and-run in northeast Miami-Dade that was caught on camera and left a woman dead.

Earl William Taylor, 70, was arrested Tuesday for leaving the scene of an accident that killed 67-year-old Madette Laurent.

Laurent was walking on Northeast 149th Street at Northeast 6th Avenue just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday when she was struck by a Jeep Liberty, an arrest report said.

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Surveillance footage showed Laurent being run over by the vehicle, whose driver did not stop to help or report the accident.

Laurent was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Someone hit my mother and just ran away and left my mother dying on the street. Like a dog,” Laurent’s daughter Nadege Laurent told NBC6 on Monday.

On Tuesday, an anonymous tip was received from Crime Stoppers with Taylor’s information and a possible location of the vehicle, the arrest report states.

The Liberty was found to have significant front end damage and was consistent with the vehicle seen in the surveillance footage.

During the investigation, a man who said he was a passenger in the Liberty contacted police and said Taylor was driving, the report said.

The vehicle was impounded and Taylor was located and brought in for questioning.

Taylor first invoked his right to an attorney and then issued a statement claiming the vehicle was taken and returned to where he parked it with the damage, the report said.

Taylor was booked into jail, where he was being held without bail Wednesday, records show. Attorney information was not available.

“I don’t care what happened to you, but if I’m driving on the road and I hit your mother or anyone in your family, I’m going to stand by that person and try to see if I can save that person,” said Nadege Laurent.