Overview
- Video released by the St. John's County Sheriff's Office shows what appear to be fireworks being discharged from a moving vehicle on Interstate 95 near St. Augustine.
- Fireworks from the car are seen landing in the highway median and drifting into traffic lanes, narrowly missing cars in the opposite lanes.
- Deputies followed the vehicle using aerial assets, conducted a traffic stop after tracking it, and said occupants initially denied involvement despite the footage.
- A passenger was arrested and charged with Shooting a Deadly Missile from a Moving Vehicle while the driver claimed the flashing object deputies referenced was a drone.
- The sheriff's office released the footage as evidence and to urge safer fireworks use, reminding people to light fireworks only on hard surfaces and keep distance from people and roads.