A Miami Beach hotel worker is behind bars hours after fleeing from the scene of a fatal crash Sunday morning, police say.
Angel Cuesta, 31, allegedly struck the victim while she was crossing Collins Avenue near 38th Street around 3:30 a.m.
Paramedics rushed the pedestrian to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she later died.
Investigators say Cuesta was driving a car that was parked valet at the nearby Red Rock Hotel, 3010 Collins Ave., where he works the front desk. Cuesta allegedly went into the valet keys cabinet for the keys of a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze (not his vehicle) to drive to drive to a nearby Walgreens (41st Street and Pine Tree Drive) to purchase a Red Bull.
A silver Chevy Cruze believed to be the vehicle involved was later located at a condominium along Indian Creek Drive.
Cuesta’s driving record in Miami-Dade County was clean over the last three years, according to online court records. From 2009-14, he received six tickets, three of which were for careless driving, but only a conviction (and $293 fine) for running a red light. He was found not guilty on one of the careless driving tickets. The other two were dismissed.
Police initially questioned Cuesta as a person of interest, but on Sunday afternoon, they charged him with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death.
Investigators have not yet identified the victim.