A woman in Port St. Lucie was turned in by her Ford's 911 Assist System after she was involved in an accident and attempted to flee the scene. The automated system was triggered when the air bags were deployed after Cathy Bernstein, 57, rear-ended another vehicle.

According to WPBF 25, police dispatch got an automated call from a vehicle emergency system stating the owner of the Ford vehicle was involved in a crash and to press zero to speak with the occupants of the vehicle. Bernstein claimed there was no accident and was clueless why her vehicle called for help.



Police decided not to take her word for it and went to her home and found her vehicle with extensive front end damage. Bernstein then claimed she had struck a tree.

Bernstein finally admitted to the accident. She was arrested and booked in to the county jail.