Bodycam Captures Moment Florida Driver Was Launched Off Tow Truck on Highway

Officials were responding to a car crash on the Georgia highway when a driver launched off the back of a parked tow truck and flew through the air.

Shocking video footage was recently released of the moment a driver mistakenly drove onto the tail-end of a tow truck and was sent flying over 100 feet in the before crashing near a US highway.

Released bodycam recording shows the 21-year-old Florida woman crashing her Nissan Altima along the highway in Georgia's Lowndes County after driving up the lowered ramp of a tow truck.

The speed with which the drive hit the ramp prompted the vehicle to fly about 120 feet through the air before the crash. The car came to a rest about 23 feet down from where it launched off the tow truck.

A woman from #Tallahassee was driving the car that was launched at this crash scene in Lowndes County, #Georgia. This happened May 24, 2023. Amazingly, no one was killed. #carcrashes pic.twitter.com/PybKlwFVwB

— Channing Frampton (@Channing_TV) May 30, 2023

The accident was captured on an officer’s body camera while police were responding to an earlier crash on Highway 84.

The tow truck had been parked in the left lane of the highway with its emergency lights on. The highway did not appear to have a breakdown lane.

The Tallahassee driver survived the accident but sustained serious injuries. US media reports indicate she is still in the hospital but is in stable condition. No other injuries were reported at the scene of the accident.

Crystal Zion, a lieutenant with Georgia State Patrol, is using the crash as an example to point out the importance of moving over when you see emergency lights on. Georgia has a “Move Over” Law which requires drivers to move one lane over when they see an emergency vehicle parked on the shoulder of a highway. “When you see those lights to slow down, move over,” she said.