3 Dead, 1 Hurt In Violent Hit & Run Accident
MIAMI (CBS4) – Robert Wissler died Sunday morning along with two friends when a van and his Honda Civic collided, the van driver then walked away and left them for dead.
A fourth person riding in the car was seriously injured in the crash that happened between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. in the intersection of NE 2nd Avenue and 82nd Street, according to Miami Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll.
Police describe the driver of the van only as a Male between the ages of 29 to 35 about 6-feet tall, limping and wearing a Blue T-shirt and jeans.
Dean Wissler, Robert Wissler's father, said his 25-year-old son had been on a date earlier in the night and that the two girls riding with him at the time of the accident were visiting South Florida.
"I can't believe my kid is dead. He was my best friend," Wissler said. "I just put him through school to be a [certified nursing assistant]. He got a job at my wife's hospital, which is Mt. Sinai. He was doing so good."
The four friends in the Honda Civic were heading west on 82nd Street when the Civic and a blue van collided.
A witness to the crash said the van driver got out of the vehicle and ran away after the crash. The witness also said the van driver appeared to be limping as he left the accident scene.
Further identification of the dead girls was unavailable Sunday night, Caroll said, because the car they were killed in was towed to the Medical Examiner's Office where the bodies would be removed from the wreckage.
The fourth person in the car, an unidentified 59-year-old man, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
If anyone has information about this accident Police ask they call Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at (305-471-TIPS).
