CHICOPEE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police arrested a Chicopee man accused of threatening another driver with a machete.

Officials said 54-year-old Michael Rivera got into an argument with the driver after he said the driver hit his car.

That’s when police said he grabbed the machete and waved it in a threatening manor.

Officers arrived on scene and took Rivera into custody.

He faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge.

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