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Police release new video showing a hit and run in Allapattah that left one person critical

Miami Police are asking the public's help in locating a suspect caught on camera hitting a pedestrian on July 23, 2022.

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NBC6’s Marissa Bagg is joined by the victim of a hit-and-run accident as the search continues for the driver that drove off.

Miami Police released surveillance video after exhausting all of their efforts in trying to find the suspect accused of hitting a man with his truck and driving away in Allapattah last year.

According to the police report, at around 1:30 a.m. on July 23, 2022, police were called about reports of a man hit by a vehicle at NW 20th avenue and 36th street.

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The surveillance video provided by the Miami Police shows the victim, Gonzalo Olivas, crossing NW 36th street when a white Chevy Suburban strikes him, sending him crashing into a white building. The vehicle continues on it's path without attempting to stop.

The police said the victim was taken to Ryder Trauma with serious injuries, where he underwent emergency surgery and is slowly recovering.

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"I saw a light coming and I thought it was a motorcycle. Then I started crossing, and then I just lost my consciousness. I can't remember anything else about that. Then I woke up five days later at Jackson Memorial Hospital," Olivas told NBC6 reporter Marissa Bagg.

Olivas also says he is still recovering from the incident, even a year after.

“I can’t work because of the accident," he said. "The strength that I used to have I cannot do it any longer.”

Police are still on the lookout for the driver of the white Chevy Suburban.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Miami Police Department’s Traffic Homicide Unit at (305) 603-6525

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