A woman who allegedly reeked of alcohol plowed a truck into a toll booth, killing the longtime attendant — a grandmother — before driving into the ocean, according to police and wild footage from the scene.
Deanna Harrell, 35, smashed into the booth at Daytona Beach Shores Monday at about 40 miles per hour, likely killing Tammie Jo Baker, 62, on impact, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitman told reporters.
Harrell then drove the pickup truck on the sand and right into the ocean, video from the scene shows.
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