Surveillance camera and police body camera footage was released from the night a Florida woman allegedly drove an SUV into a lake, causing the death of her best friend.

Julia Vega, 73, was arrested on Jan. 31, one month after police said she was drunk while driving an SUV with her best friend, 69-year-old Elsa Pintor, in the passenger seat. According to an arrest affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, Vega drove through an apartment parking lot at 11 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2024, when she "suddenly accelerated" into a yellow retainer pole and a chain link fence, then continued to drive into a lake. Vega was able to escape, but Pintor could not be saved.

Local NBC affiliate WTVJ obtained newly released footage from the night of the alleged incident, including body camera footage that showed Vega askin

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