Competitive runner ‘fighting for her life’ after hit-and-run in Miramar
A competitive runner is fighting for her life in the hospital after a hit-and-run in Miramar early Saturday morning, police say.
Onyxia Delinois, 26, was jogging eastbound in the 18300 block of Miramar Parkway sometime between 6:30 and 7:15 a.m., Miramar Police spokeswoman Tania Ordaz said in a release, when she was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene. Paramedics took her to the hospital in critical condition.
“An avid jogger, Onyxia is fighting for her life,” Ordaz said in the release.
Pictures on social media show Delinois on early morning runs, competing in 5Ks and the Miami Half Marathon.
Outside of running, she founded her own insurance broker business, according to her Instagram page.
The run Delinois took Saturday morning was not in a residential area and police need help finding witnesses who may have seen the driver, Ordaz told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
“We are desperately seeking the public’s assistance in this one,” she said.
Anyone with information should contact Miramar Police immediately at 954-602-4000.