DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, Fla. — Witnesses recorded videos of Deanna Harrell driving a black Ford F-150 pickup truck with frontal crash damage seaside in Daytona Beach Shores.
Harrell, 35, had struck and crushed a toll booth on Dunlawton Avenue where Tammie Jo Baker was working, according to the Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood.
“Being up at the truck, there was a heavy odor ... of alcohol,” Chitwood said during a news conference.
A witness also recorded a video of deputies arresting Harrell, of Ormond Beach, after the pickup truck stalled in the sand and water.
Jo Baker was 62; “a couple of weeks shy of her 63rd birthday,” Chitwood said.
Chitwood said Harrell was detained under the Baker Act for a mental health assessment over statements she made while in custody.
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