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Driver arrested for hitting pedestrian was targeting other pedestrian in Florida City, police say; suspect says it was accident

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Driver arrested for hitting pedestrian was targeting other pedestrian in Florida City, police say; suspect says it was accident — Coral Gables Community news

Exclusive footage obtained by 7News shows a driver hitting a pedestrian in what police say was a targeted incident aimed at another pedestrian walking through the crosswalk at the same time. The suspect has told investigators it was an accident. Fifty-one-year-old Tangela Wright is facing two counts of attempted murder for the incident that occurred on May 9. Authorities say the surveillance video shows a white Chevrolet Impala, driven by Wright, plowing into a man that was walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of Davis Parkway and Northwest Sixth Avenue. According to police, Wright made a minimal stop as she approached the intersection before making a left turn and accelerating toward a couple that was crossing the street through the crosswalk, barreling into the man. The woman was not injured. Though Wright has told authorities it was an accident, police say the woman who was walking with the man in the crosswalk told officers she knows the driver. She and the

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