A murder suspect is in critical condition after he was hit by a car while running from police.

Investigators say Jose Antonio Pupo-Gonzalez, 37, is suspected of strangling his wife, 31-year-old Yoanys Martinez-Avila, in their apartment.

He was running from police and darted in front of a minivan on the Palmetto Expressway in Hialeah.

Officials say the couple's two children are in custody of the state.