The Florida Highway Patrol said it will recommend dismissing a $166 traffic ticket for a driver who crashed her car while swerving to avoid a couch falling from a truck on Interstate 95
The couple was driving north on I-95, heading home to Washington following a visit with relatives in Boca Raton, when the couch fell from the truck, Jake Singer told a Florida newspaper. His girlfriend, who didn't want to be identified, lost control of the car when she swerved to avoid the tumbling sofa. Their 2006 Toyota Corolla hit the median and rolled over.
The car was totaled and the couple was sent to the hospital in ambulances. Trooper Eric Flint issued the ticket to Singer's girlfriend at the hospital where they were being treated.
“He gave us a ticket for basically swerving lanes while trying to avoid a couch that was flying at us on the highway,” Singer recalled.
Florida Highway Patrol said the ticket was issued in error and will be dropped.