She took her Rolls on wild ride by the beach, Florida cops say. Damages: $3 million plus
A Florida woman’s car ended up in a very awkward position in Palm Beach last Friday evening.
Local police say that at around 6 p.m., the 66 year old drove her Rolls-Royce convertible through the back yard of someone’s waterfront home on Canterbury Lane, tore through the five foot high seawall, before plummeting head first on the beach.
Pictures provided to the Miami Herald show the accident scene, with the luxury blue and gray two door sedan in a perilous position. It’s slanted on the seawall at an angle, the front wheels partially submerged in sand, the rear of the vehicle sitting on the top of the seawall.
Video surveillance footage captured by the property`s security cameras show the woman’s wild ride. She enters the property eastbound from the driveway on Canterbury then continued east down the driveway, making contact with the curb.
The vehicle then came to a stop before driving east and striking a precious coral statue, with damages estimated by the homeowner at $3 million.
She then drove east off camera into a landscape fence and then into a seawall and onto the beach.
Other damages, according to an incident report, include at least $10,000 in repairs.
The Palm Beach Gardens resident was removed from the vehicle by Palm Beach Fire Rescue and taken to a nearby hospital to be medically evaluated.
She reportedly told first responders that she had no memory leading up to the incident, but did not appear to be intoxicated. Her condition is unknown.
The vehicle was towed from the premises; no other injuries were reported.
This story was originally published April 7, 2023 at 2:14 PM.
