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MIAMI, Fla. — A driver was taken into custody Monday morning after leaving the scene of a crash in downtown Miami.
According to Miami Fire Rescue, a sport utility vehicle collided with a red truck at the intersection of Northeast Fifth Street and First Avenue. The driver of the SUV then took off, running east on Northeast Fifth Street past a fire station.
Witnesses told Local 10 News they got the attention of firefighter Alex Saavedra, who caught and pinned the unidentified man at Bayside Park.
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