Woman attacked while driving

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MIAMI, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A Florida woman says her ex-boyfriend crawled out of her car trunk and began beating her as she drove home from work earlier this month.

Peter Maya, 24, was lodged in the Broward County jail after he allegedly hid in the woman's trunk and then squeezed into the back seat and began hitting her while she drove along a street in Aventura, the South Florida Sun Sentinel said Sunday.

Keisha Bethel of Oakland Park told police Maya struck her repeatedly and pulled her back into the vehicle when she tried to flee, arrest records stated.

He eventually stopped on a Miami street and ran off.

The police report said the couple lived together for six years and had three children together. They also shared ownership of the car.