--- title: Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway: Police description: A Florida woman was allegedly driving drunk when she plowed into four people at the Daytona International Speedway, police said. canonical: https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-06T21:44:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:19:14.191Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway, Police Say og:description: She told police she “shouldn’t have been driving" og:url: https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway, Police Say twitter:description: She told police she “shouldn’t have been driving" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway, Police Say  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 6, 2016 9:44 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 6, 2016 9:44 PM CUT A Florida woman was [allegedly driving drunk Saturday when she plowed into four people](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-daytona-idUSKCN0W80YJ "undefined") at a popular spot for racing fans at the Daytona International Speedway, police said. Abbie Kinney, 43, told officers she had drunk three beers and “shouldn’t have been driving,” [according to a Daytona Beach Police Department arrest report](http://www.codb.us/DocumentCenter/View/14147 "undefined"). Authorities say she had crashed her Toyota pickup into six motor homes and vehicles before striking the people at the track’s infield shortly after 2 p.m. Kinney faces charges of driving under the influence as well as alcohol-related injury of persons and property. She had a blood-alcohol content at more than twice the legal limit for driving, a police report said. The [racetrack was set to host motorsports events](http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/ "undefined") over the weekend, including the Daytona Supercross by Honda, Reuters reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/"},"headline":"Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway, Police Say","datePublished":"2016-03-06T21:44:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:19:14.191Z","description":"She told police she “shouldn’t have been driving\"","url":"https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4249044/florida-daytona-speedway-crash/","name":"Drunk Driver Plows Into Crowd at Daytona Speedway, Police Say"}}]}] ```