Coral Springs psychiatrist arrested for hit-and-run crash on Turnpike
By Jennifer Tintner, Amy Lipman
August 2, 2017
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Sibyl Simon – Psychiatrist
The victim told troopers he was driving northbound on the turnpike heading to Disney World with his wife and children in a red Subaru sedan on July 17, a report states.
He said in the report a white Toyota Prius was weaving aggressively through traffic when the Prius passed him on the right shoulder and collided with him.
The man’s wife was able to take a picture of the Prius as it fled the scene.
A trooper tracked the license plate of the car to Avis, who said it was rented to Dr. Sibyl Simon, of Coral Springs.
Simon is employed at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in Fort Pierce and a trooper found the Prius in the hospital’s parking lot with damage to it, the report states.
He said he could see red paint in the damaged area of the car, but it appeared it was spray-painted over. He said he could tell from the paint on the ground the car had been painted where it was parked.
The trooper also believes Simon used nail polish remover to take off the red paint…
Simon is charged with damaging property and destroying evidence. She was booked released from the St. Lucie County Jail on $10,000 bond on July 31…