CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. (WSVN) - Coral Springs Police arrested a woman following a road rage incident early Tuesday morning.
At around 3:41 a.m., police responded to reports of a driver being attacked near University Drive on the northbound lanes of Sawgrass Expressway. The driver reported swerving to avoid hitting a woman, later identified as 39-year-old Neyna Paishann Rhodes, in the roadway, causing her to crash into the median.
Rhodes then forced her way into the car and assaulted the driver. According to police, she began clawing at the victim’s face, at one point shoving her whole hand into the victim’s mouth nearly pulling her teeth out.
The 39-year-old West Palm Beach resident fled the scene but was later found in a nearby drain. She was booked in the Broward County jail.
“The defendant then, with her other hand, attempted to gouge the victim’s right eye,” said the arrest report.
Police recovered a purse containing cannabis, bath salts and drug paraphernalia near the victim’s vehicle. The victim sustained injuries to her eye, inside her mouth, teeth and arm.
Speaking to 7News, the victim recounted the incident.
“She came from the back side of the passenger seat and then just started attacking me,” said the victim who did not want to be identified. “I didn’t know why she wanted to kill me. I couldn’t breathe properly.”
The victim said she was on her way home from work when she saw Rhodes standing in the middle of the highway. She crashed her car as she tried to avoid hitting Rhodes.
“Someone told me she had a bag with knife and other stuff in her bag. I don’t know how I got out,” said the victim.
The victim said it is a miracle that she was able to be discharged from the hospital on the same day.
Rhodes faces charges of burglary with assault, possession of methamphetamines and possession of cannabis.
On Wednesday morning, Rhodes refused to appear in bond court, so she remains behind bars at the North Broward Bureau Detention Center.
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