Miami Man’s Dodge Charger Escape Ends With 18-Wheeler Hug, Eight Warrants

Dodge Charger driver Eduardo Barbaro Gonzalez, 42, Miami’s self-styled getaway expert, laughed and yelled “Hahaha, sike” at police before fleeing a traffic stop in Allapattah, but smashed into an 18-wheeler within minutes. Can you outrun police in Miami? What happens if you crash during a police chase? As officers closed in, Gonzalez posed for a mugshot from a hospital stretcher, his grin replaced by an icepack.
After Gonzalez’s “Hahaha, sike” taunt, the surreal scene unfolded: a Dodge Charger colliding with an 18-wheeler at NW 23rd Ave and 23rd St, with eight active warrants riding shotgun. Trending queries like “Can a fake name fool police fingerprint scanners?” and “What charges follow fleeing and eluding in Miami?” meet reality as Gonzalez tried his luck at Jackson Memorial Hospital, but a fingerprint reader had other plans. “Are you trying to come in?” Gonzalez asked an officer, but it turns out the semi had the last word.
Booked on Friday with charges from cocaine possession to aggravated battery, Gonzalez remains at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center—now locally famous for his mugshot debut from a hospital stretcher.