OAKLAND PARK, FL (WPLG/CNN) - Authorities are investigating a shooting incident on a south Florida highway.
Rochelle Moraes said a driver in a maroon SUV peppered her car with bullets, unprovoked.
The suspect remains at large, but thankfully, no serious injuries were reported.
"It could have killed me but it didn't. God spared me," Rochelle Moraes said.
She was counting her blessings hours after a gunman opened fire on her vehicle with her boyfriend and 6-year-old stepson inside.
"Yeah, I was the one driving. They almost got me so, but I'm still here," she said.
It happened around 2 p.m. Sunday in the northbound lanes of I-95.
"I just know that I was driving, and then I heard a shot, and I just swerved. And I hit them first, then I just had to take control of the car." she said. "I didn't cut nobody off. I don't know why I would be targeted. I'm not nobody to be a target. I'm not special enough."
Moraes' Kia collided with a red Mustang after the shooting, but the maroon SUV sped off.
"We have a statewide (be on the lookout) out on the vehicle. And there's no other additional information that we do have. Like I said, everything is still under an investigation," said Sgt. Edwin Johnson of Florida Highway Patrol.
"Whoever did it, they gone, you know," Moraes said. "God will take care of them."
No one was injured, but that 6-year-old was taken to the hospital to be checked out.
"He was scared, just like any other 6-year-old. But he's strong. He's good. He's OK," Moraes said.
She put the terrifying ordeal into perspective.
"A car is replaceable. People aren't, so I'm good. You know what I'm saying? As long as everyone in the car is good, that's all that matters," Moraes said.
The shooting incident caused authorities to shut down at least one lane for hours, resulting in major traffic backups.
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