Man arrested after woman trapped under pickup in southwest Miami-Dade
Geraldine Byrd, 74, was trapped under a pickup in southwest Miami-Dade and left on life support. Deputies arrested Tomas Raymundo Brito after the hit-and-run.
A 74-year-old woman was left on life support after deputies said a pickup truck struck her in southwest Miami-Dade, pinned her underneath and fled the scene. Tomas Raymundo Brito was arrested in the case, and the victim was identified as Geraldine Byrd.
According to the arrest report, Brito was driving east on Lincoln Drive just east of Southwest 154th Avenue on the morning of Aug. 2, 2026, when the crash happened. Later coverage identified Brito as 31 and living in Homestead. The arrest-report-based account said Brito told investigators he had consumed about five beers before the crash, and a follow-up report said he admitted drinking at least five beers.
Byrd’s condition quickly became the focus of the case. CBS Miami reported that loved ones and neighbors said she was in critical condition, and the station later said she was on life support after the crash. Another follow-up noted that new surveillance video showed the hit-and-run and the moments after first responders arrived, giving investigators a visual record of what happened at the scene.
Brito was facing charges including operating a vehicle without a license causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury. In Florida, those kinds of charges are far more serious than a standard traffic citation when a crash leaves someone badly hurt. Later reports also said Brito told investigators he was from Guatemala and did not have lawful status in the United States, and ICE lodged a detainer after the arrest.
The case is the kind of hit-and-run that draws close attention in Miami-Dade because it combines a neighborhood roadway, a critically injured pedestrian and an arrest backed by video evidence. Miami-Dade County also maintains live traffic-crash data that residents can use to look up wrecks by location, including problem corridors. On Lincoln Drive, just east of Southwest 154th Avenue, the crash turned a quiet stretch of southwest Miami-Dade into a serious criminal case within hours.
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