NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- An Orlando motorist in a Volvo SUV was ticketed on a charge of careless driving after running over a sunbather lying on a towel between parked cars Saturday near the South Jetty, Volusia County Beach officials said.
Udi Melamed, 33, pulled in between between two parked vehicles when he ran over Angela Kaleigh Samala, 23, also of Orlando, according to the Beach Patrol. His vision was obscured by another vehicle and he didn't see the woman lying on a towel, the report released Wednesday stated.
The man drove over one of the woman's legs, prompting her to scream as well as several others nearby who pounded on hodds ordering him to back up.
The victim was treated at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach for a broken leg and released.
It's illegal for beach-goers to lie down in between parked cars, but only the driver was ticketed in this case.
A 4-year-old girl from England was struck by a car on the beach in Daytona Beach and killed while walking with her uncle last month.