Drunk Indian American woman plows into Florida beach
Sarah Ramsammy whose blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit charged with DUI and reckless driving
A drunk Indian American woman from Orlando has been charged with DUI and reckless driving after she barreled down New Smyrna Beach in Florida and plowed into the water, narrowly missing people on the water’s edge.
Sarah Ramsammy, 26, whose blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit, barreled down New Smyrna Beach, a surf hub south of Daytona Beach Saturday afternoon, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported citing Volusia County sheriff’s deputies.
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The incident occurred at Smyrna Dunes Park. A sheriff’s helicopter flying overhead recorded the scene where people were gathered around the car in the water.
Ramsammy’s blood alcohol level was 0.153, almost twice the legal limit of .08 under Florida law. She was charged with DUI and reckless driving. She also got a ticket for failure to obey a traffic control device, and was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail at 9:03 p.m., deputies were cited as saying.
Court records show Ramsammy bonded out at 10:08 p.m. Saturday after posting $1,500 bail.
Witnesses said the vehicle, traveling at 50 mph, narrowly missed a child and a dog at the dog-friendly park on the beach, sheriff’s deputies said.
Body camera video footage shows deputies asking Ramsammy what happened.
“I am not sure. I was the driver and they kind of stopped us and they said that we almost hit a child,” Ramsammy said. “I didn’t think that we did. But that’s what they told us.”
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In a similar incident in July 2022, a car ran over a boy in ocean on Daytona beach that allows driving. However, in that case Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue officials reported that the driver of the car apparently had a seizure and lost control of his Nissan Altima.
The car smashed through the empty toll booth at the International Speedway Boulevard beach approach and continued onto the beach and into the ocean.
