FL Woman Drives Up Tow Truck Ramp On GA Highway, Rockets Into Air

VALDOSTA, GA — A dramatic moment captured on police body camera footage shows a Florida woman drive her sedan up the ramp of a tow truck before rocketing 120 feet through the air on a Georgia highway last week.

According to a police report, the 21-year-old woman was driving in the left lane on Highway 38 near Valdosta in Lowndes County where a tow truck was sitting with its emergency lights activated as it attempted to recover a crashed car.

According to police, the Nissan rear-ended the tow truck and drove onto the truck's deployed ramp, causing the car to be vaulted over the truck. The Nissan traveled through the air before overturning and striking the driver's side of a third vehicle traveling in the right lane.

The woman, who is from Tallahassee, according to a Washington Post report, was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.

Police body camera footage reviewed by Patch shows stunned bystanders and law enforcement watching as the scene unfolds before rushing to try to help those who were injured.

A Lowndes County sheriff’s deputy was hit by flying debris, but his injuries were not life-threatening, the report said.

In video of the crash, a sheriff's deputy can be heard shouting an expletive before running to the badly-damaged car.

A sheriff’s deputy shouts an expletive before running to the mangled car.

“1050 rollover!” the deputy shouts into his radio, requesting immediate assistance from EMS responders, according to video.

It's unclear whether the woman will be charged.

Georgia State Patrol Lt. Crystal Zion told WSB-TV in Atlanta that the crash stresses the importance of Georgia’s Move Over Law. According to the law, drivers are required to slow down and change lanes when approaching emergency vehicles with flashing lights that are parked on the shoulder of the highway.

“It takes out the distractions of driving fast or phones or other people in the car. Basically, you know, when you see those lights to slow down, move over,” Zion told WSB-TV.