DUI suspect caught, thanks to Summer

TAMPA - Weighing in at 40 pounds, Summer Moll doesn't have a badge or a gun, but deputies say her painful story of survival, of coming back from a deadly drunk driving crash on the Crosstown that killed her mother, is having an impact on the war against drunk driving.

BJ, who doesn't want his full name used, saw a driver weaving all over the interstate.

"It took about 20 miles before I could get anybody to get him stopped," he said.

BJ called 911 and followed drunk driving suspect, Brian Beals. Turns out, court records show, it's Beals' second DUI arrest.

"He almost hit four or five different vehicles including a bus," BJ says. "And after the little girl's mother got killed on the Crosstown, it was the right thing to do."

BJ also says he's lost family to drunk drivers, and he's followed Summer's progress.

That's why he says he stayed on Beals' tail until deputies arrived to make the arrest.

Deputy Felix Moret was a part of the arrest team.

"We don't get citizens who stick with a vehicle for that length of time, and he did. And the first thing he mentioned was the little girl that lost her mom, he said Summer, so it really struck a chord, still does," Deputy Moret said.

To Summer's family, it's huge. For nine months they've shared her story, hoping her suffering would make a difference. And now, some proof it's worth it all, says Summer's grandmother, Tammy Rosian.

"I just started crying because that means that the people are listening to us and we are getting the point out there, people are trying to save other people from these drunk drivers," Rosian said.

"I thought I saved another life," says BJ, "that another little kid isn't going to get their life messed up because of a drunk driver."