Woman dies after falling from hood of moving SUV in Fort Lauderdale, police say

An investigation is underway in Fort Lauderdale after police said a woman died after she was thrown from the hood of a moving SUV early Tuesday morning.

According to information provided by Fort Lauderdale police, officers responded to reports of a crash involving a pedestrian in the 400 block of Southeast 32nd Street around 2 a.m.

Surveillance video obtained by CBS News Miami shows a white vehicle turning onto Southeast 32nd Avenue, hitting the brakes, and appearing to show a woman on the ground. Another angle shows a man standing near the woman and yelling in distress.

When officers arrived, they said they learned that the two adults were known to one another and became involved in a physical altercation at a nearby hotel. Police believe they were staying at the Vacation Inn on Southeast 31st Street.

Police said that the altercation then escalated, and the man attempted to leave the scene in his SUV.

The woman, who hasn't been identified, jumped onto the hood of the SUV and at some point fell off it while the vehicle was moving.

She was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries where she later was pronounced dead.

Gregory Hoyt, a motel guest who has stayed there for about two and a half years, described the area as usually quiet. He reported seeing the couple sitting in chairs and talking between 9 and 9:30 a.m. Monday, noting that everything seemed fine at the time.

"When I came out this morning, they had like a marker, like if somebody shoots a bullet they put one of those orange cones there," Hoyt said.

Crime scene investigators were at the motel later that day as detectives worked to determine what led to the deadly disagreement.