Florida man sunbathing on beach left ‘screaming bloody murder’ after woman drives over him

What began arsenic a blissful day successful the Florida prima ended successful agony erstwhile a Jeep Wrangler abruptly barreled implicit a antheral lying connected the beach, constabulary said.

The 33-year-old antheral from Ocala, Florida, was lying face-down connected the soil successful Ormond Beach, which is northbound of Daytona Beach, connected Saturday, April 5, erstwhile helium was deed by a Jeep, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said successful a connection connected Facebook.

He sustained superior injuries, including a breached femur, fractures successful his close forearm, third-degree burns and a cracked pelvis. He was transported to a hospital, wherever helium was said to beryllium successful unchangeable condition. 

The driver, identified arsenic a 61-year-old woman, was attempting to backmost into a parking spot connected the formation and accidentally crossed implicit question lines.

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Colson Janey suffered superior injuries but said helium is grateful to beryllium alive. (WOFL-TV)

The victim, identified by FOX 35 Orlando arsenic Colson Janey, told the section outlet that helium was near "screaming bloody murder" aft his day reverie was interrupted.

"I conscionable got a Jeep a mates weeks ago," Janey told FOX 35 astir wherefore helium visited the formation that morning. "And this was thing I wanted to do.

"All of a abrupt a tyre was going implicit my head. I’m conscionable laying look first, conscionable crying and screaming."

The antheral said his forearm was breached successful 2 places, and helium had to person a titanium rod enactment successful his limb aft the mishap broke his femur. 

"It’s similar I had 2 brains," Janey told WESH 2. "One encephalon was conscionable screaming and reasoning astir however overmuch symptom I was in. The different encephalon was benignant of being much rational, thinking, ‘OK, what’s broken? What’s moving?’"

Janey told WESH erstwhile helium looked implicit his assemblage aft helium was hit, his limb was "flattened" and his limb was "mangled."

The Volusia County Sheriff's Department responded to Ormond Beach connected Saturday aft a conveyance ran implicit a antheral who was sunbathing. (WOFL-TV)

The operator of the Jeep remained connected country and cooperated afloat with the investigation, the sheriff's section said.

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Deputies cited her for careless driving, saying that determination were nary signs of impairment.

"I cognize it sounds crazy, but passim this full time, I was conscionable thanking God that I inactive had feeling successful my extremities," Janey told FOX 35.

A Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue serviceman repositions immoderate formation postulation information signs connected Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 astatine Andy Romano Beachfront Park successful Ormond Beach successful Florida. (David TuckerNews-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The section outlet reported that this was not the archetypal incidental on the beach. Several radical person been earnestly injured successful vehicle-related accidents connected beaches successful the portion implicit the past year, including aged beachgoers and teenagers. 

In 1 case, the outlet said, a Volusia County Beach Patrol sergeant deed 2 teens lying connected Daytona Beach during Memorial Day weekend.

Janey told FOX 35 that the formation does not person wide markings for wherever drivers are permitted to go.

"There’s thing that like, tells you, ‘OK this is arsenic acold arsenic cars tin go, towards the beach,'" helium said. "There’s nothing."

General presumption of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, during outpouring interruption connected Saturday, March 16, 2024. (Larry Paci for Fox News Digital)

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The operator did not talk publicly, but her hubby told FOX 35 the pistillate is "devastated" and agrees with Janey that amended formation demarcation is needed.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office for comment.