MIAMI BEACH, Florida — Miami Beach police officers lifted a Jeep and used equipment from a patrol vehicle to free a woman pinned beneath the SUV after an e-scooter crash near 71st Street and Bay Drive East, according to the department and multiple local reports published Thursday.
Police said the Jeep was exiting a gas station and turning onto 71st Street when it struck the eastbound rider earlier this week. The impact threw the woman from the scooter and left her trapped beneath the vehicle.
Officers combine muscle, equipment and reassurance
Responding officers divided the work. Some began lifting the Jeep while others stayed close to the injured woman, spoke with her and tried to keep her calm. CBS Miami reported that two officers used a jack from their cruiser to raise the vehicle enough to pull her free.
Body-camera audio quoted by CBS captures an officer explaining what the team was about to do and asking the woman to speak up if the movement caused too much pain. The exchange shows that the rescue required both urgency and careful communication with a patient pinned under thousands of pounds of machinery.
Miami Beach Fire Rescue took the woman to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Police told local outlets that her injuries were not considered life-threatening. ThinBlueNews is not publishing her name or speculating about her condition beyond that official account.
Chief credits courage and teamwork
Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones praised the officers for recognizing the urgency, acting without hesitation and working together to free the woman. Department public information officer Chris Bess said the body-worn-camera footage showed the officers quickly spring into action.
Police said the Jeep’s driver was cited for causing the crash. A citation is not a criminal conviction, and the local reports did not describe criminal charges. The department also used the incident to remind drivers to watch for people using smaller mobility devices and urged riders to wear helmets.
The reports disagree on whether the collision occurred Monday or Tuesday night. Because the precise incident date is not material to the rescue and has not been resolved in the reviewed official account, ThinBlueNews is describing it only as occurring earlier this week.
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Sources and visual disclosure
- WPLG Local 10 — Aug. 27 report citing Miami Beach police, Chief Wayne Jones and the medical outcome.
- CBS Miami — Aug. 27 report with body-camera audio, cruiser-jack detail and comments from Officer Chris Bess.
- WSVN 7News — Aug. 27 corroborating report on the vehicle-lift rescue.
- Wikimedia Commons — 71st Street context photograph by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visual note: the featured image is a licensed photograph of another point along 71st Street in Miami Beach. It is not the crash scene and does not show the officers, the rider, the Jeep or the rescue.
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