Trucker Shot After Road Rage Confrontation!
According to WANE, road rage incident in Grant County, Indiana, led to the death of a semi-truck driver on August 5. The altercation happened near the state road 26 exit on I-69 when a semi and another motorist had an issue on the road. The trucker reportedly followed the motorist home, and had some sort of laser pointed at the motorist. The car driver assumed this was a weapon, shot at the trucker, hit him, and sent the semi into a nearby cornfield to catch fire.
The Grant County Sheriff’s Office addressed the incident in a Facebook Live video.
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In the video, Sheriff Del Garcia said, “What we know right now is that one of our local residents exited on the State Road 26 Exit, and was followed by a semi. The issue was between their two vehicles. Our local resident was on his way home . . . from a fishing trip, from what I understand, was with his family. And the semi followed him off the exit, followed him to his home.”
He added, “There was a verbal altercation that occurred and . . . our local resident had a laser-type [weapon] pointed at him, which he believed to be a weapon, so he fired upon the semi, striking the driver. The driver’s semi went across a couple of cornfields, ended up catching on fire.”
Authorities confirmed the trucker is dead, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Original story by WANE.
