A person driving erratically for miles through Southwest Florida is caught on camera by a concerned driver who claims law enforcement did not respond or catch the careless driver.
The concerned driver tells Four In Your Corner he followed the female driver for 40 miles fearing the woman would kill herself or hurt someone else while on I-75 southbound.
He says he mounted his phone on his truck and pushed record to broadcast the drive on Facebook Live to gather evidence to put the brakes on the driver while he waited for law enforcement to respond before anyone got hurt.
The man, speaking exclusively to Four In Your Corner, says he followed the woman driving recklessly on I-75 from North Port to Fort Myers on Facebook Live for more than 40 miles. One video lasted close to an hour.
Throughout the video, you hear the man honking his horn and pointing forward trying to alert other drivers around him of the woman in front of him. He makes comments like, "Where is the police?" and "this is unbelievable!" as he points out the driver weaving in and out of lanes and cruising in the middle of two lanes as she drives.
At one point, the man tells viewers he witnessed the woman collide with a concrete guardrail and asks viewers engaging Facebook Live to call 911, claiming he's dialed *FHP and 911 multiple times without a trooper responding to the area.
The man hosting the Facebook live claims multiple drivers and viewers on the live stream called 911, hoping the urgency would prompt a trooper to respond to the area. He says he was on the phone with a dispatcher for two minutes before the call ended.
He says he has one question for Florida Highway Patrol. "I just want to know what was the delay in the response to a drunk driver?," the concerned driver said.
A spokesperson with Florida Highway Patrol tells Four In Your Corner the dispatcher did receive more than one call matching the description of the vehicle the concerned driver recorded. He also confirms information received by the dispatcher was sent to troopers and other law enforcement agencies.
The spokesperson says there weren't any troopers working in the remote area because they were responding to other incidents at the time. When a trooper did respond, he did not find the driver, but the spokesperson says a BOLO was shared with other agencies in the area hoping they would assist.
"They definitely put the community at risk by not responding to the incident," The concerned viewer said.
A spokesperson with FHP says investigators will be looking into this incident further. You can count on Four In Your Corner for any updates.
