Hospital Workers Fatality File

Hospital Worker Killed in Hit-and-Run

A Florida hospital worker with more than 100,000 TikTok followers has died after being involved in a hit-and-run accident while leaving his shift.

Endoscopy technician Leonardo Gil Fraga, 34, had been riding on his motorcycle at around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday before he was hit by an SUV that was turning left at the intersection of East 8th Avenue and 21st Street in Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade County.

The driver of a dark-colored SUV was captured turning left onto the roadway only seconds before Gil – who had the right of way – had entered the intersection.

Gil was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he eventually succumbed to his injuries. He leaves behind a young son.

He had been employed at Hialeah Hospital for more than a decade where he started as a janitor after his family immigrated from Cuba before working his way up to a patient transporter and then an endoscopy technician. An endoscopy is a procedure used to examine the inside of the body using a flexible tube.

A GoFundMe page for the TikTok star was created to help cover funeral expenses and $45,289 had been raised as of Saturday night, exceeding the family’s $30,000 goal.

The identity of the driver remains under investigation and police are asking anyone with further information to come forward.

Video footage of the incident has since been released revealing the moment Gil had been struck by a dark-colored SUV.

‘In the video, you see that the vehicle pulls forward and it looks like it’s about to stop, it does stop for a very short period of time but then it just takes off again,’ Hialeah Police Lieutenant Eduardo Rodriguez told NBC Miami.