The incident happened on the Fourth of July on the I-95 in St. Augustine
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Source U.S. Independence Day festivities got a little out of hand for a Florida driver who got pulled over by cops after a police helicopter noticed fireworks being launched from his vehicle on a highway. Video released by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office on Monday included footage taken from the air unit showing sparks flying from a vehicle towing a boat travelling down the I-95 in St. Augustine, Fla., on July 4. “They appear to be shooting fireworks out of the window at cars on the interstate,” an officer of the air unit says in the video. When an officer pulls the driver over, body camera footage shows the cop telling the driver that fireworks were seen being launched from the passenger side of his vehicle. “No dude, not us,” the driver says. Both he and another man in the passenger seat continue to deny their involvement after the officer tells them that a police helicopter...
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- Jul 16, 2026
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