MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A 28-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office investigators said a woman fell from the trunk of his speeding vehicle and struck her head on the roadway.<\/p>\n
According to an arrest report, Ismel Baro-Rodriguez, of southwest Miami-Dade, was arrested Saturday on a charge of aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm.<\/p>\n
Deputies said they were dispatched to the area of 26601 S. Dixie Highway at about 8:40 a.m. Saturday after receiving a report that a woman had fallen from a moving vehicle.<\/p>\n
When a deputy arrived, he found the woman lying face down in the roadway, the report stated.<\/p>\n
According to the report, the victim was transported to Jackson South Medical Center in critical condition. She was in a coma and considered brain dead at the time the arrest report was written, authorities said.<\/p>\n
According to the report, investigators reviewed surveillance video from the scene that they said showed Baro-Rodriguez and the victim arriving at the location.<\/p>\n
Moments later, the woman was seen on the trunk of the vehicle, according to the report.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the vehicle then accelerated at a high rate of speed, causing the woman to fall off and strike her head on the concrete.<\/p>\n
The driver then fled in the vehicle in a southeastern direction, the report stated.<\/p>\n
Investigators said they later located the vehicle at Baro-Rodriguez\u2019s home, where he was detained.<\/p>\n
Baro-Rodriguez was transported to the MDSO South District station. According to the arrest report, after being read his Miranda rights, he provided investigators with a full confession.<\/p>\n
Baro-Rodriguez was arrested and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday morning, the Cuban national was being held at the Metrowest Detention Center on the aggravated battery charge as well as on an immigration hold. <\/p>\n
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