MARTIN COUNTY— A woman in Martin County was accused of attacking a man after she crashed her car into his and then fled.

LaShawn Patterson, 24, was arrested Monday afternoon on charges of battery, criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident and felony child neglect without great bodily harm.

The man told Martin County Sheriff's office deputies around 2:45 p.m. he was driving on Salerno Road in Stuart, when Patterson crashed her silver Nissan Altima into the back of his car and kept driving. He told deputies he then followed Patterson in her car until she stopped at Southeast Monterey Road and Southeast Federal Highway.

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Once both cars were stopped, the man told deputies he started videotaping Patterson's license plate on his phone, at which point Patterson slapped the phone out of his hand and started to slap him in the face multiple times.

Patterson then got into her car and drove off, the man told deputies.

Deputies said when they arrived at the intersection, the man had fresh cuts and scrapes on his face.

Using the video of Patterson's license plate, deputies said they were able to find her address and went to her home.

When deputies arrived at Patterson's home, Patterson told them she didn't stop after she hit the man's car because she thought she didn't cause any damage to his car.

She also told deputies she went to talk to the man and the man then attacked her after they both stopped their cars. Patterson also told deputies she kept her two children in the car unattended to while she went to talk to the man.

Deputies said Patterson didn't have any cuts or bruises that would be consistent with being attacked.

Patterson was arrested and taken to the Martin County jail on $4,000 bail. She was released early Tuesday morning.