two vodka drinks, a nightly anti-depressant, and a car she drove straight into the Atlantic. >> And why am I going to jail? >> Right now, I think you're driving under the influence. >> Okay. >> On May 27th, 2023, just after 2:30 in the afternoon in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, bystanders flag down a deputy about a vehicle driving where it shouldn't be. A blue SUV is speeding across a beach packed with people. The deputy follows its tracks through the sand. They don't lead back to the road. They lead straight into the water. speak English? >> Yes. >> Okay. What happened? >> Um, I'm not sure. I was the driver and they kind of stopped us and they said that we almost hit a child. I didn't think that we did. Um, but that's what they told us. I just thought that we got stuck in the water. We were just trying to get out of it, but um, that's what they told us. And we're just trying to >> And then there was so many. We're just trying to be accepted through everything and not and there was so many illegal. >> Yeah. Well, the people are down here because you can't drive on this part of the beach. >> I'm so sorry. We We were driving and we got over here. >> Did anybody get hit? >> I was Hey, be careful. Shoot. >> Yeah. She was so fast. >> Yeah, I I read all the comments and stuff. All right. Well, uh, did anybody get hit? Who got hit? >> Nobody. >> Yeah. Yeah. Police >> really close to recklessly driving and stuff like that. >> Okay. >> Did she get Did she get hit? >> All right. I'm asking because if we need rescue, I can get rescue stuff. No, >> I'm not trying to start a fight with you. It's just you two in the car. >> And we were driving from east. >> Yeah. Remember those really big poles? Every one of them has a sign says do not cross here. Do not pass. >> You were trying to. You're just trying to get out of here. I'm sorry. I I am so sorry. Just relax. >> I'm so You have your ID? >> Yeah. Mine's in there. >> Yours is in the car. Is there anything you want in that car before the water gets in there? Cuz we can't move it. >> It's stuck. You know, you understand that no tow truck can get back here or anything else. >> So, what do we do to get that car out? >> Wait till the tide goes down. It's going to be about 6 hours. >> Okay. So, can we tell y'all what we need from the car then? >> Yeah, give what you need. I mean, don't I wouldn't grab umbrellas or nothing, but if you got like bags or something, grab those. >> All right. >> Go and grab those real quick. >> You might need to >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So, you've been drinking today? >> Yeah. >> Number one, not good because you're diabetic, >> right? >> Yeah. >> How about you? >> I did have a drink. Yes. >> Okay. Just one. >> But you know what? My only part is in the back part and I can open the back part. Okay. You can try to get what you need. >> Do you have more at home? >> I have more at home, but not here. >> Okay. Do you have a way to get home? >> I'm not going anywhere without her. >> She's going to go to jail. Okay. >> No. >> All right. So, you can go with her or you can stay out and get her out of jail with a bond. >> And why am I going to jail? >> Right now, I think you're driving under the influence. >> Okay. >> All right. Then we got reckless with multiple people over here. You were inches away from multiple people. Okay. >> I I I can't help her. >> So, your best thing to do for her instead of fighting with us and arguing with us? >> No, I would not. >> I'll tell you what her bond is. It's probably going to take us a good hour to do the paperwork and then try to bond her out. >> No, I I I'm not going to argue with you. >> Okay. >> I'm not a arguer person. >> Okay. >> I I will never argue with you. >> So, what are we doing right now? You disagree with me? What? >> You disagreeing with me? >> I'm not going to agree with you. I just >> All right, sir. Go ahead. Turn it up for me. >> Oh my god. >> Yes. Sorry. >> What do I do now? >> Call the Blush County Branch Alligator Bond. Still have a bond. >> Okay. Do you have anything on you that we need to know about? >> You need to call someone to come pick you up. All right. You got Do you want your phone to go with you? You want her to hang on to it? >> Um, it doesn't matter. >> You can take it with you or I can give it to her. >> You can go ahead and give it to her. She'll call ahead. >> Okay. It's the Val County branch. It's the Valuch County branch in Daytona Beach. >> It's the Valuchia County branch channel Daytona Beach. That's where she'll be. She'll get all the free phone calls she wants while she's in booking. >> Her her bond's only going to be $1,000. So 10% is $100. All right. >> I will get her out. >> Okay. >> I can't. >> So I'm going to go get her in my car. >> No, please. >> No. Just I'm just telling you what's happening. >> What do I do? Go ahead and call her. >> You got her for a minute. >> I'll call her. >> All right. Come on, Sarah. >> You okay? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I'm not trying to talk. >> No. No. Oh, >> I need my keys. Let me get it started. >> Just do like that. Climb up. There you go. I'll get the AC turned on for you. >> I see all over my whole >> No, you're okay right now. We're not moving yet. >> Okay. >> The lady in the driver's seat, she didn't even speak anything. She didn't really talk to me, right? So, she was kind of like >> in shock of the whole thing, right? Uh lady in the passenger seat, she kept arguing with me. She's like, "We need to leave here." Right. So, they had gotten stuck and the lady in the driver's seat kept trying to pull away as I was talking to her, but they were stuck. So, was spinning. >> Do you have enough insulin on you until you get home? You're You got a pump, right? Your pump pumps it in automatically. >> Yeah, but the pump is in there. >> I just don't >> We can't take you with us. The only place we can take you is jail. >> I'm going to show you where you can go, but I'll get that for you. >> Well, you're not going to stay right here. I'm going to show you where you can go. But if you need me to get that, I'll go get it. We can't escort you. >> What? It wasn't safe. What happened over there? >> Over. >> We were on the beach side. >> The other side. >> She almost run us over. I >> Oh, did she? >> 30 40 mph. She came up the beach. We saw her come through. If you >> thought she was going to slow down. >> I saw the tire tracks all through there. >> 30 to 40 mph. >> We were out of the road. She she went behind us in through the water on the on the beach side. >> Her tire tracks were only there was a age lady over here and tire tracks were like 6 in from >> I saw that car >> scary and there was like a you know my son he's old enough to see but there's there was little kids like a little boy right next to us you know kids like this little girl. >> This this ising crazy man. I'm scared but this is ridiculous. You can't drive over. Her breath test read 0.153 and 0.149, [music] both within Florida's enhanced DUI range. She admitted to two vodka drinks and disclosed a nightly anti-depressant that can [music] intensify alcohol's effects. She pled no contest to the DUI and was adjudicated [music] guilty. Probation, house arrest, a license suspension, community service, and an ignition interlock. [music] The reckless charge was dropped in a plea deal. She got away from people, not from the charge. Individuals shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. 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