The cell phone video shows the moments that a college student ran over an officer and kept going before being shot and killed this weekend.
A woman is dead after police opened fire on her after she ran her car over a Miami Beach Police officer Sunday night, officials said.
According to investigators, 22-year-old Cariann Denise Hithon was driving a black BMW at a high rate of speed when she crashed into two vehicles on 12th Street and Ocean Drive and fled the scene.
"The car was coming westbound from Ocean on 12th and went through the red light, struck an occupied car on 12th and Collins," said Dan Oates, the Miami Beach Police Chief. "At some point, the driver made a decision to speed away and she continued west on 12th Street."
As she was fleeing from the crash, she struck another vehicle on Lincoln Drive, police said.
Several people surrounded the driver, telling her to get out of the car. Once police arrived on the scene and asked Hithon to get out of the car, she slammed the accelerator and ran over a police officer, officials said.
"One of the cops was in front of the car and when they were yelling at her to get out of the car, she just started the car again," said Miguel Garcia, a witness.
Police officers then fired several shots at the driver's black BMW, striking Hithon.
Both Hithon and the officer were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, where Hithon later died.
Hithon, from Bowie, Maryland, was in South Florida celebrating her 22nd birthday, a family member told NBC 6. She was a Temple University student who was studying political science and philosophy.
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The officer, later identified as David Cajuso, was hospitalized in stable condition and later released.
"Our officer who was injured, we know he lost consciousness at the scene for a period of time," said Oates. "He is now at the hospital. He is stable and alert but he is being treated for his head injury and undetermined at this time internal injuries."
