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'I thought I was going to die': Woman, 21, severely injured in 'Dukes of Hazzard-style' crash where she flew 120ft through the air slams tow truck driver for parking in the middle of the road - and says she still has nightmares about the incident
Daily Mail UK ^ | June 14, 2023 | Aneeta Bhole

Posted on 06/14/2023 8:36:28 PM PDT by Morgana

A woman, 21, who survived a 'Dukes of Hazard-style' horror crash in a now-viral video said she was left severely injured and makes it difficult to sleep.

Tanaijsha Bruton soared 120 feet in the air - struck another vehicle and tumbled end over end before coming to rest upside down during the May 24 Georgia highway wreck.

Video from the incident quickly went viral and drew comparisons to various TV and movie car chase scenes.

Bruton told WALB-TV she couldn't remember everything from the incident, but was shown the ordeal on social media. She said she remembered the pain she felt afterward.

'It hurts really, really bad. I felt everything,' she said.

A Lowndes County sheriff's deputy was responding to an earlier wreck on the day when his body camera recorded Bruton's sedan flying into the air after driving up the ramp of a tow truck.

The astonishing footage showed the moment Bruton's car flipped after hitting the ramp of the tow truck at full speed.

At the time, a Georgia State Patrol confirmed that a 21-year-old Tallahassee woman was severely injured in the airborne crash on Highway 84, but miraculously managed to survive. Bruton was , who was transported to the South Georgia Medical Center after the crash near Valdosta, Georgia.

The deputy rushed to help Bruton who was transported to South Georgia Medical Center after the crash near Valdosta, Georgia.

In the video, the deputy was seen walking along the stopped highway on the other side while attending to a separate crash.

The camera turned as he faced the other side of the road with the red tow truck in view.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: crash; georgia; wreck
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To: Morgana

Of course.

Just how fast was this idiot woman going and what was she doing?

Now she is on the hunt for money suing anybody in sight big enough to die.


21 posted on 06/14/2023 9:34:51 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: KittyKares

If she couldn’t see all the vehicles with flashing lights, little children on bikes, and babies in strollers have no chance to survive when she drives. No sympathy for her.


22 posted on 06/14/2023 9:44:28 PM PDT by healy61 (.)
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To: bimboeruption

Lol!
“Did you hear that BOOM?
I think somebody just broke the Sound Barrier again!”


23 posted on 06/14/2023 9:45:27 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: big bad easter bunny
No blame on her, what a trip!

No blame? How do you miss stationary cars all over the road ahead from a previous collision, not to mention the ramp of a parked flatbed tow truck sticking 10' up in the air?

24 posted on 06/14/2023 9:51:42 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Morgana

Was the tow truck ok?


25 posted on 06/14/2023 10:14:11 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (wake me up when somebody tells the truth)
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To: Morgana

Get off the blasted phone.

I know someone something like that happened to. He was getting his car towed when some young, ditzy kid was on her phone and didn’t see them down the road and slammed full tilt into his car on the tow truck bed. He, the cop, and the tow truck driver saw the whole thing.

And yup, she was on her phone.

Never found out what happened to her, but she was definitely hurt.


26 posted on 06/14/2023 10:22:18 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Morgana

Bruton claimed she had been blamed for the collision but said the truck was stopped in the fast lane of the highway with no indicators illuminated.

Here comes the law suit.


27 posted on 06/14/2023 10:35:48 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Morgana
...slams tow truck driver for parking in the middle of the road...

Damn straight. The tow truck driver was parked in a traffic lane with no emergency lights flashing.

He was 100% at fault.

28 posted on 06/14/2023 11:02:04 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Morgana
Tanaijsha Bruton soared 120 feet in the air - struck another vehicle and tumbled end over end before coming to rest upside down during the May 24 Georgia highway wreck.

"Dukes of Hazzard?!" This is approaching "The Blues Brothers" dimensions!

Regards,

29 posted on 06/14/2023 11:02:38 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: healy61
If she couldn’t see all the vehicles with flashing lights...

Tow truck didn't have its emergency lights flashing.

Review the video again.

30 posted on 06/14/2023 11:05:24 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: peggybac
Bruton claimed she had been blamed for the collision but said the truck was stopped in the fast lane of the highway with no indicators illuminated.

That's what the cop's body cam video shows.

31 posted on 06/14/2023 11:07:54 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Morgana

She drove like a moth flying into a bugzapper, and it’s everyone else’s fault she couldn’t see the flatbed in front of her?
Shw failed her perception check.


32 posted on 06/15/2023 1:04:55 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: alexander_busek; Steely Tom; Chode

Notice “Crazy Cooter” Davenport is right by his wrecker and does not even notice? So used to the Duke boys doing that he’s not even phased.


33 posted on 06/15/2023 2:12:13 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: DariusBane

The moron was the truck that parked in the middle of the road.


34 posted on 06/15/2023 2:14:31 AM PDT by roving (👌⚓)
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To: peggybac; Ol' Dan Tucker

“Bruton claimed she had been blamed for the collision but said the truck was stopped in the fast lane of the highway with no indicators illuminated.”

It looked to me the tow truck driver was in the left shoulder. Then again I don’t know Georgia roads,but he was over as far as he could go without being in the grass.

I watch the video where she when air borne over and over. She was going very fast. What is the speed limit on that road in Georgia? The other car in the right lane was not going near that fast.

As for lights on the tow truck I honestly can’t tell. I need a stationary camera from the officers car to see better.

If she was in fact on her cell phone like other here speculate then the accident is her fault.


35 posted on 06/15/2023 2:23:34 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: All

Next week on the Dukes, the new girl in town ran into some car troubles while running from Sheriff Roscoe and Flash and needed help from the Daisy and the Boys in gettin’ her car back on the road.


36 posted on 06/15/2023 2:30:11 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: bimboeruption

She’s Lizzo’s twin.

Sorry to tell you this, but 3 of the woman in this picture is not quite a “Lizzo”.

Both in size, or shape.


37 posted on 06/15/2023 3:04:59 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

“Fast lane”. BS.

The far left lane is for drivers who are exiting the highway, or who did not just get on the highway.

It’s no the “fast” lane, it’s the “I’m still going on this road” lane.


38 posted on 06/15/2023 3:06:23 AM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: Morgana; Allegra; Jane Long; Delta 21; Bob434; E. Pluribus Unum; lee martell
How could anyone miss this?!

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39 posted on 06/15/2023 3:10:37 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Damn straight. The tow truck driver was parked in a traffic lane with no emergency lights flashing. He was 100% at fault.

So you believe there is no obligation for a driver to keep a proper lookout in Georgia?

40 posted on 06/15/2023 3:48:10 AM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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