Road rage incident between car, motorcycle drivers leads to shooting: ‘He was very impatient’
BRISTOL TWP. Pa. (WPVI) — Police are investigating a road rage incident in Bucks County that escalated into gunfire between the drivers of a car and a motorcycle.
The confrontation happened shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday on New Falls Road near Indian Creek Entry in Levittown. Bristol Township police responded to reports of a shooting following a crash involving the two vehicles.
Chanelle Johnson of Northeast Philadelphia spoke to Action News from the hospital, where she was treated for a heart condition she says was triggered by the incident.
“This person literally took their gun and just started shooting at someone they don’t even know because they were road raging,” Johnson said. “This is what it all boils down to, them road raging.”
Johnson said she was being followed by an aggressive motorcycle. She described the moment she realized the driver was armed.
“I’m not sure what caused the situation – they were angry from start to finish. He was very impatient. He was angry,” she said.
“They’re trying to like direct me to slow down, so I start then slowing down. Now, as I’m slowing down, I realize this person has a gun.”
The situation escalated over several minutes and ended in a crash. Johnson said witnesses confiscated the shooter’s gun before police arrived. Investigators now have the weapon.
No charges have been filed as police continue their investigation.
“That’s my concern,” Johnson said. “It’s so easy for someone to pull out their gun and just start shooting at somebody like that. That’s unacceptable.”
Action News reporter Leland Pinder talked with the alleged shooter at the scene Tuesday evening. He declined to be identified or appear on camera, but he provided a brief statement to Action News.
“She was blocking two lanes of traffic, likely trying to pull an illegal U-turn,” the statement read. “When I attempted to go around her, the other driver caused the initial collision. With this situation, only one round was fired.”
Johnson claims she was shot at three times. Police confirmed that “at least one shot was fired.”
“I’m just afraid that someone else is going to come across him one day and he might do the same exact thing to them,” Johnson said.
No one was struck by gunfire or injured in the crash. Police said there is no danger to the community.
The alleged shooter told Action News he plans to seek legal counsel.
Motorcyclist survives road rage hit-and-run crash in Oregon, incident caught on video
A motorcyclist survived a road rage hit-and-run crash in Beaverton, Oregon, and the harrowing incident was all caught on video.
BEAVERTON, Ore. — A horrific case of road rage was caught on camera.
The video in the player above may be disturbing to some.
Dash-cam video showed a motorcyclist and SUV driving down a road in Beaverton, Oregon.
Suddenly, the SUV driver swerved, knocking the motorcyclist off of the road.
Amazingly, the victim walked out of the hospital with only road rash.
Police are still investigating the incident.
Motorcyclist charged after attacking vehicle in Barrie ‘road-rage’ incident
Police say motorcycle driver punched driver’s side window multiple times and then smashed side-view mirror off victim’s car on Bayfield Street
A 39-year-old man has been charged with mischief after Barrie police say he took out his frustration on another person’s vehicle in a “road-rage” incident last night on Bayfield Street.
City police say the incident, which started shortly after 7:30 p.m. Thursday on Bayfield Street, made its way to Ferris Lane, where the motorcycle driver got off of his bike and allegedly punched the driver’s side window multiple times and then smashed off the side-view mirror from the victim’s car.
From the investigation that followed, police say the motorcycle driver became “enraged” at the manner in which the car ahead of him was reportedy being driven on Bayfield Street.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on Sept. 29.
