A woman was shot and killed by police after she sped her car through the streets of South Beach and ran over a police officer, news reports say.

Miami Dade Police Chief Dan Oates told NBC 6 that the woman was driving a black BMW Sunday evening when she crashed her car at 12th Street and Ocean Drive.

She then drove off before hitting another car on Lincoln Road, the popular entertainment and shopping area.

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After people surrounded her car, pleading with her to get out, the woman hit the gas and ran over a police officer.

Other officers then shot the woman, NBC 6 reported. Detectives identified the woman as Cariann Hithon, 22, of Bowie, Md., the Miami Herald reported.

"Our officer who was injured, we know he lost consciousness at the scene for a period of time," Oates told NBC 6. "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. "

A police spokesman later identified the injured officer as David Cajuso, the Herald reported.

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Hithon was also taken to a nearby hospital, but later died.

Read more at NBC 6 or Miami Herald.