Javis Charles, 25, dies when dirt bike and car collide at Northwest Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Miami, Florida
ATV rider, dirt bike rider killed, motorcyclist critically hurt as riders swarm Broward, Miami-Dade roads
A dirt bike rider was killed in a crash in northwest Miami in a crash that happened about 7 p.m. Monday, police said. According to officer Christopher Bess, Javis Charles, 25, was near Northwest Sixth Avenue and 54th Street when a Toyota driver "attempted to make a left turn in front of the dirt bike." Charles was taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital where he died, Bess said Tuesday.
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