AUBURN, MASS. (WHDH) - A Connecticut man is facing an assault and battery charge after throwing a knife into another car during a road rage incident on the Mass. Pike on Saturday, state police said.
Troopers responding to a reported road rage incident on the westbound side of the highway in Auburn stopped a 2015 Jeep Wrangler and a 2011 BMW 328 that were involved, police said.
A preliminary investigation suggests one driver cut another off, which escalated to lights being flashed, gestures expressed, and “brake jobs,” state police said.
The driver of the Wrangler threw a folding pocket knife at the driver of the BMW while the driver’s side window was open and the knife struck the driver, a 22-year-old man, and his passenger, a 23-year-old woman, police said. Both sustained minor injuries.
Joshua Garrey, 26, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, was charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, negligent driving, following too close, throwing an object on a highway and failing to use care and caution.
Garrey was released on $500 bail and will be arraigned at a later date in Worcester District Court.
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