{"id":293961,"date":"2026-06-03T03:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293961\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T03:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:07:14","slug":"new-footage-released-after-crash-at-central-florida-beach-leaves-toll-booth-worker-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293961\/","title":{"rendered":"New footage released after crash at Central Florida beach leaves toll booth worker dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 UPDATE: Volusia Sheriff Chitwood told News 6 that Harrell was released from the Baker Act, and a warrant is now out for her arrest on a charge of vehicular homicide.<\/p>\n

New body-camera footage has been released after a truck reportedly drove through a toll booth onto a Volusia County beach, killing a toll worker in the process.<\/p>\n

According to investigators, the crash happened on Monday afternoon at the Dunlawton Avenue beach access ramp in Daytona Beach Shores.<\/p>\n

[WATCH: Here\u2019s what we know so far in the case]<\/p>\n

At the time, a pickup truck struck the nearby toll booth before continuing onto the beach and into the ocean, deputies said.<\/p>\n

The driver, identified as 36-year-old Deanna Harrell of Ormond Beach, was soon detained, and Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said that witnesses reported Harrell had tried to drive south on the beach before the truck got stuck in sand.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the toll attendant in the booth, identified as 63-year-old Tammie Jo Baker, was killed.<\/p>\n

[BELOW: 911 calls released after fatal crash]<\/p>\n

\u201cI think she was probably close to being killed on impact,\u201d Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. \u201cThat booth isn\u2019t made of anything, if you look at it. And you hit that thing at 40 miles an hour; there\u2019s really nowhere to go. And it flipped the booth around, the force of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later Monday evening, deputies said that Harrell had been taken into custody under Florida\u2019s Baker Act<\/a> as the homicide investigation continues.<\/p>\n

However, Chitwood later told News 6 that Harrell was released from the Baker Act, and a warrant has been signed for her arrest on a charge of vehicular homicide.<\/p>\n

[BELOW: Surveillance footage shows moment of toll booth crash]<\/p>\n

Court records show that Harrell was placed under a temporary risk protection order after allegedly threatening to end her own life last year. That order was apparently set to expire in July.<\/p>\n

In body-camera footage released on Tuesday, witnesses can be heard saying that Harrell smells like \u201calcohol\u201d as a deputy walks up to her on the beach following the crash.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Family remembers Daytona Beach Shores toll booth worker killed in crash]<\/p>\n

Deputies are then seen placing her in handcuffs before walking her to the back of a patrol car.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan you please not record this?\u201d Harrell can be heard saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can just tell you, being up at the truck, there\u2019s a heavy odor \u2014 for me \u2014 a heavy odor of alcohol you can smell from the passenger side of the vehicle,” Chitwood stated on Monday. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how that works out.\u201d<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Central Florida sheriff discusses fatal crash after pickup truck drives through toll booth]<\/p>\n

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