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Originally Posted by John_W
We didn't have to look too far, this was on the noon news today.
Man run over in road-rage incident sent to hospital | WFTV
LEESBURG, Fla. - An argument about driving Monday resulted in one man being sent to the hospital after he was run over by another driver, investigators said.
Officials said 911 calls poured in after Christopher Detwieler was hit by a driver around 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of 441 and County Road 473 in Leesburg.
Deputies learned the hit-and-run was the result of a road rage incident. Deputies said the two drivers were arguing with each other while driving down 473.
"One vehicle tried to pass the other vehicle. The vehicle sped up and cut him off,” Fred Jones of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
Jones said Detwieler got out of his car to confront the other driver, and accused him of putting his fiance and baby, who were in the car, in danger.
Deputies said Detwieler stepped in front of the other driver’s car and threatened to call police, but the driver ran him over and kept going.
Witnesses said the hit-and-run driver was a white male driving a black passenger car, possibly a Mazda, with a red passenger door.
Detwieler was airlifted to Orlando Health with serious injuries.
Deputies said drivers should never confront anyone during a road-rage incident.
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What is wrong with this statement? No one wins during a road rage incident; if you're your dumb enough to step out of your car, don't ever step in front of the car driven by the person you're confronting - a big no no; trying to play "macho man" in front of fiancé and baby and ends up in the hospital. Dumb, dumb, dumb.