Angelina Plasencia Obituary, Death Cause – Authorities in Miami-Dade County are piecing together the details of a tragic series of events that culminated in the death of an 18-year-old woman after multiple crashes late Sunday night. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed the victim as Angelina Plasencia, whose body was later recovered from a canal near the scene of the final wreck.
The chain of incidents began around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, when deputies responded to the area of Northwest 72nd Avenue and Northwest 58th Street following a missing person report. At that point, the connection to a larger series of crashes had not yet been established. The following morning, detectives returned to the area and discovered Plasencia’s body floating in a canal, sparking an investigation into the sequence of events that led to her death.
Investigators determined that Plasencia had been a passenger in a vehicle that was initially involved in a collision at Northwest 74th Avenue and Northwest 58th Street. Rather than staying at the crash site, the occupants of the vehicle fled. Not long afterward, the same vehicle was linked to a second crash, this time on the northbound entrance ramp of State Road 826 at Northwest 58th Street. Following this collision, everyone inside abandoned the car and fled on foot, leaving the wrecked vehicle behind.
Seeking another way to leave the area, the group contacted a friend who arrived on a motorcycle to pick them up. Four people, including Plasencia, attempted to ride on the motorcycle, which investigators noted was an unsafe decision given the vehicle’s limitations. Before long, the motorcycle lost control and crashed near Northwest 72nd Avenue and Northwest 58th Street—the same intersection where deputies had initially responded just hours earlier.
The impact of the crash threw all four riders from the motorcycle. Emergency responders from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived on the scene and quickly transported three of the victims—a man and two women—to a nearby hospital. Authorities reported that all three remained in critical condition. Tragically, Plasencia was not immediately accounted for at the crash site. Hours later, investigators discovered her body in the nearby canal, confirming her death as the fourth and most devastating consequence of the night’s events.
The sheriff’s office has not yet released details about the driver of the original vehicle or the friend operating the motorcycle. The investigation remains ongoing, with detectives working to determine the exact sequence of events, the role of each participant, and whether any charges will be filed.
Plasencia’s death highlights the severe risks that can arise when people flee the scene of a crash or take reckless measures to escape. What began as a hit-and-run incident quickly escalated into multiple collisions and a fatal motorcycle crash, leaving one young woman dead and three others fighting for their lives.
For now, authorities continue to gather evidence and interview witnesses, aiming to provide answers to Plasencia’s family and accountability for the actions that led to this preventable tragedy.
