Broward County

Tillie Tooter, survivor of 2000 plunge from I-595, dies at 98

By Sun Sentinel staff reports
Tillie Tooter at age 93 in Pembroke Pines on July 26, 2010. On Aug. 12, 2000, she became a national story when she survived three days trapped in her car offf of I-595 after a driver knocked her over a guard rail.
Tillie Tooter at age 93 in Pembroke Pines on July 26, 2010. On Aug. 12, 2000, she became a national story when she survived three days trapped in her car offf of I-595 after a driver knocked her over a guard rail. CAREY WAGNER SUN SENTINEL, FILE

Tillie Tooter, who survived 78 steamy August hours trapped in her car after plunging off an Interstate 595 ramp, died at 98 on Saturday.

Her grandson, Eric Simms of West Freehold, N.J., confirmed her death on social media Saturday afternoon.

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This story was originally published August 1, 2015 at 6:40 PM with the headline "Tillie Tooter, survivor of 2000 plunge from I-595, dies at 98."

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