On April 2nd, 2023, deputies responded to a reported hit-and-run involving injuries. What initially appeared to be a traffic collision quickly escalated when the driver fled the scene. Can you have rescue come this way, check out both the females in this incident. They said they're going to need checked out. We're going to be just on Town Center off 100. And this is where she hit you, ma'am? Yeah, exactly. Well, we moved the car out of the road. It was right there. No, we were at the light. The light on my car, yeah. We were at the Dutch Bros. >> [music] >> Um any chance I could get your driver's license? And I could No, no, no. You sit, tell me what I need to get for you. Uh your Is your pocketbook and everything in there? >> Yeah, I just I don't mind helping. Here, come over on this side, please. Yeah, but we don't want to stay up. Now that we got the big red fire truck here. See how he parks? We do that on purpose. Is it there? I can help you. I don't mind. I just wasn't sure where it was at. >> Okay. And then your registration and all that's in there, too? Don't worry about that right now. You get checked out by by medical and let me do the rest, okay? All right. Come over and There you go. Thank you. Yeah, they'll take I will I will get you all that. Yeah, they'll take care of that. Yeah, we'll get you all that information. I was letting you know, some people would get like worried about that kind of stuff, but I've got to All right, thank you. >> Yeah, see how you're already Oh, no, I can see it all in my So, tell me where you were and what's going on. I wanted to do that, but you seemed kind of upset, so I wanted to No, I'm worried about her. >> work slow. And she's got a bunch of issues. >> I understand. And I read your I read your history. I see the CPR calls. Is that her, the CPR calls, or is it somebody else? What do you mean? Uh when I pull up your name, I just saw a couple CPR calls that were in histories. My husband passed away from a heart attack last year. I apologize. I apologize. Probably that. Um so, tell me where you were sitting and like what happened. >> the light. This up the light. It was the light was red. I was going to take a left-hand turn. >> So, you were that silver car was? I'm right here. Oh, right here. >> Yeah, I'm leaving this road. She was making a left-hand turn. >> Okay. And we just felt it and she came up behind us. She was driving. Did you see her? She's got to be wasted. >> They had the She's She was driving the wrong way in the middle of town center. I can't I can't really say anything. >> Right, it's fine. But, I mean Um oh, yeah, this neck's screwed up. I can feel it right there. Why don't you go get checked out? >> to I'm going to drive. >> And and let's Let me You trust me with your car? Well You go with them and I'll I'll go put your car in the Hilton and then I'll meet you at the hospital. Okay. Moments later, deputies located the suspect. Here's what happened next. I mean, I'm a Jeep Wrangler off off road off time, so Okay. And I'm supposed to be with this Flagler club right now we're doing and I'm documenting >> Where were you coming from? We came from the museum down in Flagler. Okay. And this was our next nice destination, so Okay. Yeah, so that's our head of I just follow You have to have I don't I don't know this area at all. That's my GPS. Were you on State Road 100 here at all? I have no idea. I really don't know. The the road that you turned onto this road was Um I would have to I'd have to look back at GPS. I really don't know because every turn, every foot, I just follow her. That's what she said. I don't know this area. I live in Dallas and Daytona and uh the Flagler uh I'm from BBJC uh but the Flagler was going to do a total set day in history of of all this area Flagler Palm Coast so we were just kind of going through it and I was on so I'm like up it in the next GPS and I just follow it Where's your driver's license at? right here Anything in the vehicle any weapons? No. Absolutely not. I'm a I'm a passenger. Where you coming from? I came from Daytona and I met my group first at the museum and first we met at the post office then we went to the museum and Flagler and then our next event somewhere supposed to be around here so I'm just following GPS wherever she leads me I go I don't know this I I live in Daytona and I am the DBJCs and they are the Flagler you know I'm just kind of following them Did you get the tag? Yeah I got it. I need to get your license plate. Is there a problem? Yeah is there a problem? Did you get in a crash? No it wasn't supposed to be I mean I go off road all the time I mean all the time I mean you you'll see sand salt water everything in this vehicle. You didn't hit anybody? No I'm getting ready to strip everything down everything down and it's next week is when the Wilson's stripping everything down. I mean I have because I go off road No I I didn't hit anybody. Can you give me your license? Absolutely. Let's see. What was the the victim claiming? I don't know we're not going to discuss my national pass. All right, so what happened behind them? I had the same verses I got coming swamp at the Apollo Beach yesterday when we were um down there. Okay. Do you have your uh registration and insurance? >> Oh, absolutely. I'll get it for you. Okay. Is there a reason you jumped out of the vehicle as soon as the deputy turned on his lights? >> Uh yeah, I saw I saw you behind me. I thought I must be going down a wrong road. Uh you know, because GPS they will, you know, direct you in all kinds of passes that they don't know that you can't get through. And I saw the red light, so I'm like, "Okay, I need to pull over. Something's wrong. I'm doing I'm I'm I'm in a an area that I should not be." I was talking to the officer yesterday. Well, actually I stopped at um So, while you were driving on Sea World 100. I I I I can't I can't tell you I was on 100, but no, I did not hit anyone. Okay. You didn't hit back into it like a fender bender? >> No. No. Absolutely not. >> Okay. So, what about this damage up front here? >> You you can call Progressive and all of this is I mean um that right there um a woman ran into me at uh 7 >> about this this damage up front here. >> This is all This is all done from off-road. Off-road? Off-road. So, the dent there, the dent on the other side, and the two dents up front here. >> I I am a JB safe uh JB23, and this part all this got to come off because I mean it's I got to have a a grill on there, you know, that can handle off-road stuff. But I will be in Jeep Week, and um and I I go off-road, and that's where it happened. We got a call about a hit-and-run, and we got a call about the person that was running was in a red Jeep, and it was turning down Aviation Drive, which is the street you're on right now. Okay? And there's no other red Jeeps. Well, I can you there's other Jeeps around here somewhere. But I I have not I have not been in any accidents. All right. They're also claiming that they have damage to the back of their car, and when you're driving, if you do damage to the back of a vehicle, I have no idea. >> most likely the front of your vehicle is what hit them, and you have damage to the front of your vehicle. >> no idea because like I said, I go off off-road all the time. Zack at Wilson's knows all this is going to come off because of, you know, all the off-road mess. And the tires are coming off everything. I have no idea. I really don't. All right, I just wanted to be straight with you. >> not me. I understand that, but you you see where we're coming from, how how we're seeing it as well? I do. I do. I do. So, that's why we're doing doing our due diligence. >> wait, you will be you will be surprised at how many hundreds of thousands of these are. Oh, I yeah, I I've seen them before. >> They're Yeah, uh >> They go crazy. It's it's not me. Um it's not me. That I am not that person. I I The situation quickly shifted when deputies confronted her with video evidence. And I told If I gave you a map, right? If I gave you a map on your phone, would you be able to tell me your direction of travel, where you were? Only without my GPS. Um I really I mean, truly, I I had no idea where I was turning. Can I see your phone? Oh, sure. Do you have your GPS still pulled up? >> Yeah. Can we see it? Yeah. Can I see your phone? Can I look at through your GPS on your phone? Yeah. Do you remember what you put into your GPS, like where you were going? >> No, I just typed it in. It's It's something about Palm Coast. I just typed it in. Okay. I I not recognize that. The first place that we met was at the post office. And then we went to Uh no, in Flagler. And then we went to the museum. Yes. Uh um and then we went to the museum. From there we went to the elementary school. Next Uh uh it's the it's it's Jeepers. Uh where where you whether you are JV JV or you are Flagler or wherever you find we we organize these events uh to to you know to give back uh like you know with donations and uh we organize as so we so that we are community. Yes, sir. Do you remember passing a hotel at any point? A lot of us do it as following GPS. When they said to turn left, they turn left. When they said to turn right, they turn right. They said to turn left. Where exactly were you pulled over? I was I was coming from um the elementary school. Uh I believe that would still be in um Flagler. Yeah. Elementary school? Yeah, there's elementary school. I I'm going to have posted it on Facebook already. I did I mean I did pull over and I take pics and post Facebook. I did do that. I'm I'm always documenting everything I'm doing. Always. Whether I'm at Apollo Beach, Daytona. Okay. How long have you been in Flagler? Uh we we started at Flagler at 2:00. 2:00 in the afternoon today? 2:00 in the afternoon. On April 2nd? On April 2nd, yes, ma'am. Okay. 2:00 in the afternoon. Yes, ma'am. Okay. And no one else drove your car today? No, ma'am. Okay. And like I said, I go off-road all the time. And I'm not I have no idea what is going on, but when I see if I see a light, I don't care if it is for someone else or anything like that. I am pulling over. So, I'll just be straight up honest with you, okay? We're here investigating a hit-and-run crash. Okay. Okay, that you were involved No. Okay. In 500 ft, turn left. Say no, but we have a video. Okay? So, after we conduct Doctor, I need to say something. Yes, ma'am. After uh we conduct our investigation, we placed you at I'm not sure if you know these streets, but I'm going to throw them out there anyway, okay? We placed you heading south Instead of west? Just listen, okay? You're on south, which is Town Center. There's a Hilton to your right. I'm going to explain the whole entire thing so you understand. Just listen. We have your vehicle there, okay? And you rear-ended the vehicle in front of you. You were on the left lane going east. You then go west. And then we catch We have cameras in our city. We catch your vehicle, your tag, going on 100, and then right before Aviation, right here, we caught you. And then we have a deputy who laid eyes on you, and that's why we stopped you. Okay? That's how you got that damage there. You could be going to jail today, but we're going to issue a criminal citation. With that, you will still have to have Stop to go to court, and you're going to have to speak in front of a judge on what occurred. And have a seizure seizure and lose my license for the rest of my life. At what point? Uh when I have confrontation, I will seize. I will I could have 15, 20 seizures. Okay, well, there's actually on the back of the I could I could actually end up in ICU. I'll just tell you that. I mean, that's how I I I don't believe anything you said. And so, it is what it is. Okay, well, um you can actually call the court if you need any accommodation for any medical I will. issues, you can call them, let them know, say, "Hey, this is my prior." I will. And that's something you can do, okay? >> I will. I will. I will. I will. I have 10 years of of records. I have them. I mean, this is This is the first violation that I have had, and it was not even a violation. I have more than enough probable cause to make an arrest. I'm telling you that right now. I'm giving you a criminal citation. That's me being lenient. I thank you. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. What happened next quickly shifted the focus of the encounter. We got med coming, okay? >> shot 215 and I got shot 214 on alley three. We got med coming, okay? Aaron. You're not to stay still, okay? You want What's going on? You having a panic attack? I got shot 215 and >> Yes. Okay. All right, take deep breaths, okay? You want to sit up? You want to sit up? Okay, just relax. Lay down and relax, okay? >> In through your mouth or in through your nose, out through your mouth. Take deep breaths. Deep breaths, okay? >> Deep breaths, there you go. They're coming. 925 there. They should be there soon. Mhm. Slow, deep breaths. I got Shelly 224 6591. >> [panting] >> I'm I'm dispatching her to her DBA. 224. Anyway. I'll let them know we're right before. Take deep breaths, okay? Take deep breaths. Okay. Deep breaths. You have pain? Don't grab Deep breaths. What's going on? I'm afraid of you. You're afraid of me? Yeah. Why? I didn't do anything wrong. And he he's He shackled me. I didn't do anything wrong. He shackled me. I'm Floyd. I'm Floyd my >> Medical's right there, okay? Who am I? Am I Am I Floyd? Who am I? Who am I? You know I shackled you, but you don't know who you are? No, I'm asking you. Am I Floyd? I don't know. Are you Floyd? >> No, I'm Karen Powell. Okay. >> Okay, so who's Floyd? You're George George Floyd is. Okay. Can I make a phone call? Network. Abuse. Can I tell you that I was thrown in after I was date raped in 2019? I was thrown in the back of a vehicle and I went into a grand mal seizure. And nobody ever paid but me. Nobody ever paid but me. I secured you cuz I was going to place you under arrest for vagrancy cuz you told me you wanted me to shoot you. >> I don't want you to shoot me. >> You said that. I I don't I didn't mean it that way. I'm I'm like Karen, we have a couple of fire department Fire department's right here. All right. What I am telling you is that I don't belong there. Okay. My daddy died there. There's nothing wrong with me. Okay. Do you have any medical history? I do. I have non seize. I recognize everything that you said. I was having a panic attack. I could not respond the way and I I cannot respond It's been going on for 12 years. All right. I'm calling the paramedics, okay? I'm calling the paramedics, okay? It's been going on since I had um um I started having them in November of 2012. Uh And I have other um I was just yesterday I was just telling the officer which I'm not sure if this goes all the way up to Park Station. So, right now, are you feeling okay? I'm feeling fine except for that I am I'm shackled for nothing that I bought I just bought those yesterday and now they're broke. I live on disability. All right, stand up. You're going to my car, okay? Please don't. >> I'm not arresting you. You're placed under a Baker Act. All right, stand up. Do you know what a Baker Act is? Okay, I'll explain to you on the way there, okay? That's me. You're not under arrest. Do you understand that? >> Please don't. Please don't. You're not under arrest, okay? You're not under arrest. You're placed under a Baker Act for you to go get your mental health checked out, okay? No, there's nothing wrong with my mental health. >> Okay, um Please tell me what you're going to do with my mom. She's probably laying there. All right, lean on the car. All right, lean on the car. Scratch your feet. I'll loosen it up right now. Scratch your feet. Is that better? Yeah. Thank you. Okay. I'm falling. So, you didn't seize? No, I did not seize. I heard I You can talk and still be there. I heard everything. I cannot respond when I am in a panic attack. did not see it. If I had seizures, I would have been completely under and I would have probably found a man. Okay. That was a panic attack. >> That was just a panic attack. Okay. >> attack is what I call And you refuse to go to the hospital, correct? >> Uh I don't need I I mean I have I have clonazepam with me. I carry it all times. I have the nurse >> Do you want me to bring your phone with you? Are you taking me away from here? All right, let's put let's put her in the car. You're taking me away? Have a seat. Placing you onto a Baker Act, okay? What is that? >> Have a seat. What is that? Watch your head. What is it? >> There you go. Put your feet in. Going on. Karen Powell was ultimately charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving injuries. Investigators confirmed the collision through traffic camera footage, which showed her vehicle striking another car before leaving the area. During the encounter, deputies also noted concerning statements made by Powell, and she was later placed under the Baker Act and transported for medical evaluation. If you enjoy content like this, make sure to like and subscribe.