Mother Of The Year

A Florida mother has been arrested after authorities say she tried to run over a school staff member at a high school last week.

Tarajayne Samuels-Catalan, 42, dropped her child off at Port Charlotte High School on Thursday morning and tried to exit the parking lot the same way she had entered, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said.

A worker at the school stopped Samuels-Catalan and told her she couldn’t leave that way due to buses coming through to drop off students. 

After the bus drove through and dropped off students, the sheriff’s office said the 42-year-old turned her car around toward the staff member and "hit the gas," revving the engine while allegedly speeding toward the man.

The worker dove out of the path of the speeding car and landed in a line of bushes, the sheriff’s office said. He was able to get the car’s license plate and report the incident to the school resource officer.