Passenger struck and killed by Miami trolley, possibly removing bike – NBC 6 South Florida

Police are investigating after a man was struck and killed by a streetcar in Miami on Monday.

The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Southwest 8th Street near 36th Avenue in Little Havana.

Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the person’s body on the sidewalk, covered with a white sheet, next to the parked trolley.

Miami police officials said the man who was struck was a passenger on the trolley and may have been trying to remove a bicycle from the front rack when the incident occurred.

“At some point the deceased person was a passenger on board the trolleybus. We don’t know when he was a passenger, but we can confirm he was a passenger at some point,” Miami Police Department spokeswoman Kenya Fallat said. “It looks like he was trying to get a bike out of the holder. We’re speaking to the driver to find out more and are also speaking to witnesses at the scene to see if they can perhaps paint a clearer picture of what happened.”

Fallat said the Miami Fire Department responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene. His identity has not been released, but police said they believe he is in his 50s.

“At the moment the investigation is still ongoing and there is a lot we don’t know yet,” Fallat said.

Police said the incident closed Southwest 8th Street between 36th and 37th avenues.

Further information was initially not known.

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