JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 63-year-old woman returned home from an area hospital on Monday, a day after she allegedly tried to run over a sheriff's deputy but ended up running over herself.
Mary Davis said she was trying to stop deputies from arresting her son when she lost control of the minivan.
"It was just a freak accident," Davis said.
Baker County deputies arrived at Davis' home on Sunday afternoon because of a domestic dispute involving her son and the mother of his children.
"I said, 'It's wrong that you're taking my son,'" Davis said.
She said that's when she told deputies if they were going to arrest her son, they would have to take her as well.
"I was angry, and I was just trying to get them to not take Clay because he hadn't done anything," Davis said.
According to an incident report, Davis ran insider her house, grabbed her keys and jumped into her minivan. One of the deputies was trying to get her out of the vehicle when Davis put the van in reverse and put her foot on the gas.
The report states, the corporal had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by van's door, which was still open. The woman fell out of the van when it slammed into a lawnmower.
The van ran her over, and then rammed into a Baker County Sheriff's Office vehicle.
"I can't explain it. It just happened too fast. When you get angry, upset, that's just how fast things can happen before you even know it," Davis said.
Davis did not break any bones during the incident. Charges are still pending in the case.
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