As if the Broward County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t already have its hands full with one controversy, a woman reportedly lit herself on fire and drove a car full of accelerants into a Broward Sheriff’s Office substation in Pembroke Park.
CBS Miami reported that the incident appeared to be “a deliberate act.”
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has been under intense scrutiny for its reaction to the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting last month that claimed 17 lives, including 15 students.
The first law enforcement officer on the scene, a Broward deputy, did not try to stop the gunman as he fired on students.
Monday’s incident does not appear to be related in any manner.
“At 11:26 a.m. March 19, a Toyota Camry crashed into the community service room at BSO’s South Broward office, 3201 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Pembroke Park,” said the agency in a statement. “Following impact, a fire erupted from the car.”
DRIVER CRASHES INTO BSO’S SOUTH BROWARD DISTRICT OFFICE | Broward County https://t.co/vSfKRgRPDw
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) March 19, 2018
Ben Mendez was painting outside the Broward Sheriff’s Office substation and helped the woman out of the vehicle.
“She was on fire already, so I’m assuming she lit herself on fire,” Mendez told the ABC affiliate WPLG.
BREAKING: Woman pulled from car after it slams into a BSO substation and catches fire. pic.twitter.com/gIPkU13NK4
— Terrell Forney (@TVTerrell) March 19, 2018
Mendez described the incident as traumatizing and said the woman was “just babbling, wasn’t talking proper.”
“When I see people in need, I try to help,” he said, as he teared up. “She was on fire. That kind of traumatized me, the poor lady.”
BSO: Accelerants were found in the vehicle that rammed through the south side of the BSO substation in Pembroke Park. Female driver suffered 3rd degree burns over a considerable amount of her body. @WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/7qqvuYeauR
— Terrell Forney (@TVTerrell) March 19, 2018
BSO spokeswoman Joy Oglesby told WPLG it was “quite troubling” that the woman intentionally crashed into the building.
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The woman suffered third degree burns and was taken to Miami Regional Hospital for treatment. The incident remains under investigation.
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