Last week in Port St. Lucie, FL, police responded to a hit-and-run where the victim told them that she was struck from behind by a black vehicle that took off.  She was treated at a local hospital for back injuries.

At about the same time, the Port St. Lucie police dispatch got an automated call from a vehicle emergency system stating the owner of a Ford vehicle was involved in a crash and to press zero to speak with the occupants of the vehicle.

That's when things got interesting...

Local news reports say the person in the vehicle, Cathy Bernstein, told dispatch there had been no accident, that someone pulled out in front of her and that she was going home. She said she had not been drinking and didn't know why her vehicle had called for help. Police went to Bernsteins's home on Northwest Foxworth Avenue and saw that her vehicle had extensive front-end damage and silver paint from Preston's vehicle on it. Bernstein's airbag had also been deployed.

After further discussions, police said Bernstein admitted to the hit-and-run. She also admitted that she had talked to someone at Ford and told them she had not been in an accident.

It was later discovered that Bernstein had been involved in another accident prior to the one with the woman who suffered back injuries and was fleeing from that incident.

Bernstein was arrested and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail.  An excellent outcome, for sure.  But how do you feel about that? Should your vehicle ask for your permission first before calling police?

(Is anyone surprised that this happened in Florida?

No?  I didn't think so.)