A Mexican soap opera star was arrested this week in Florida after allegedly punching a man during a road-rage incident. The man fell and later died, according to authorities and a news report. Pablo Lyle, 32, a star on the soap opera "Mi Adorable Maldición," was arrested by Miami police on Monday on a felony battery charge after he said that he punched the victim one time during a confrontation on Sunday, according to a police report. The victim, Juan Ricardo Hernandez, 63, fell upon being punched and suffered a brain injury, according to police and NBC Miami. He died on Thursday, NBC Miami reported. The Miami-Dade medical examiner's office confirmed a person named Juan Ricardo Hernandez died Thursday but said they would not comment further because the case was under investigation. A police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News on Friday. NBC Miami reported that police said the case is now a homicide investigation. The incident unfolded at around 7 p.m. on Sunday after a vehicle that Lyle was in exited an expressway and cut off another driver's car. The other driver, identified by NBC Miami as Hernandez, honked at Lyle’s car, which was driven by the actor's brother-in-law and also had his brother-in-law's 6-year-old son as a passenger, the brother-in-law told police, according to a police report. Then, while at a traffic light, Hernandez allegedly got out of his car and pounded on the driver's side window of Lyle's vehicle, according to a police report. Lyle’s brother-in-law said he got out of his car and told the victim not to bang on the window, but then he noticed that his car was rolling forward and raced to stop it, the police report says. The brother-in-law said he did not see Lyle punch the other driver, but that Lyle ran up to the car afterward and told him to keep driving to Miami’s airport where they had been headed, according to the police report. Lyle told police that he was in fear for his family’s safety and confronted the other driver in order to protect them, the police report says. The actor also said that he threw the punch because the man had put his hands up and Lyle believed he was going to hit him, according to the police report. Witnesses also told police that the person who was punched had his hands up before he was hit, the report says. The actor was detained at Miami’s airport after the incident, police said in the report. Lyle told police that he was visiting the U.S. with his family and put them on the plane. He said he voluntarily stayed to talk to police, according to the report. Pablo Lyle Miami Police Department NBC Miami reported that Lyle, who according to the police report is a U.S. citizen, was allowed to return to Mexico after posting bond. Lyle's attorney, Bruce H. Lehr, declined to comment on the case but said that his client would return to the U.S. for court and "is 100 percent available to the court as need be." Surveillance video obtained by NBC Miami appears to show a man approaching a red crossover-type vehicle and banging on the window, the driver getting out and the vehicle rolling away. Then another man — presumably Lyle — appears to confront the other driver and punch him. In the video, the man who is punched appears to fall partly over a low concrete median separating lanes of the street. Witnesses told police that they tried to render aid but the victim was unconscious, the police report says. Calls to phone numbers listed as possibly belonging to Hernandez' wife were not immediately successful Friday.<doc-sep>MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A Mexican actor is facing a real drama after being accused of punching a man and knocking him unconscious during a road rage incident. On Sunday, Miami police arrested Pablo Lyle, 32, star of movies, novels, and TV series. Lyle is accused of punching 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernandez, who has since died as a result of his injuries. The arrest report said Lyle was on his way to the airport, as a passenger of a car, when the driver cut off another driver to make a U-turn at the intersection of Northwest 27th Avenue and Northwest 14th Street. At that moment, Hernandez got out his car and approached Lyle’s vehicle and started banging on the window, according to the arrest report. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS CAPTURED THE PUNCH: Witnesses told police, the driver told Hernandez not to bang his window and then Lyle exited the vehicle, ran and struck the man in the head, knocking him unconscious. The actor then got in the car and then fled the scene of the incident, according to the arrest report. Lyle and the driver of the vehicle decided to turn themselves in to police after taking Lyle’s family to the airport, according to legal documents. Witnesses called police and rescue took Hernandez to Jackson Memorial Hospital, who suffered a broken skull and internal bleeding, according to authorities. Lyle told police that he hit the man because he feared for his life and to protect his six-year-old son who was a passenger in the car. The arrest report says Lyle told police the man approached him with his hands up and he thought he was going to attack first. Lyle appeared before a judge on Monday, who set bail at $5,000 and allowed Lyle to travel back to Mexico. The actor is already out of the country. Hernandez had been in intensive care at JMH since Sunday. No word if Lyle’s charges will be upgraded now that Hernandez has passed away.<doc-sep>
A 63-year-old man died at a Miami hospital on Thursday just days after he was allegedly punched in the face by a Mexican celebrity during a road rage incident, officials said. The incident happened Sunday evening, according to the Miami Police Department. Pablo Lyle, a 32-year-old Mexican actor who was visiting Miami, was on his way to the Miami International Airport with his family when the car he was traveling in cut off another vehicle on the Dolphin Expressway. When the two vehicles came to a stop at a traffic light, the driver of the other vehicle, identified as Juan Ricardo Hernandez, got out and banged on the window of Lyle's car while shouting and swearing, a witness told police. Two other witnesses told police they saw Lyle punch Hernandez, who was knocked unconscious. Lyle then ran back to his vehicle and urged the driver to take off, a witness told police. Police said Hernandez suffered a fracture to the right side of his skull, which caused internal bleeding. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Lyle and the driver surrendered to police a couple hours later after dropping Lyle's family off at the Miami International Airport. In his sworn statement to police, Lyle admitted to punching Hernandez one time before the man dropped to the ground. Lyle told police that he feared for the safety of his family, including his son who was sitting in the backseat of their vehicle. Lyle told police that he believed Hernandez was going to strike first because the man put his hands up when Lyle confronted him. Lyle was arrested early Monday morning and later appeared in Miami-Dade County court. He faces one count of felony battery and was released after posting $5,000 bond. He was allowed to return to Mexico, according to court records. Hernandez died at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Thursday, a hospital spokesperson told ABC News. Police said they are now investigating the case as a homicide. Attorney information for Lyle was not available.