Boy, 11, hit by car trying to bypass slow traffic in Miami Gardens, police say

A boy was flown to the hospital after he was hit by a car in Miami Gardens, authorities said.

Miami Gardens police said they responded to a vehicle crash involving a juvenile pedestrian in the 1200 block of Northwest 188th Street just before 8 a.m.

The driver of a black Ford Fusion was traveling southbound on Northwest 12th Avenue at a high rate of speed when they tried to get around “slow-moving traffic by driving onto the swale,” police said.

The car struck a tree and then hit an 11-year-old boy, officials said.

The victim, identified as a student at Parkway Elementary School, suffered a head injury and was flown to Ryder Trauma Center in serious but stable condition.

The driver was taken into custody and will be booked into jail on charges of reckless driving, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.