Why you...!!!
Posted on 02/17/2018 7:50:32 AM PST by jeannineinsd
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The driver of an apparent road-rage incident that ended with a rollover crash on a highway in Oceanside Thursday was arrested on assault charges, according to California Highway Patrol.
The incident took place on state Route 78 near College Boulevard, in the Oceanside area, around 4:25 p.m., according to CHP.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the dispute, but FOX 5 spoke with the woman who captured the incident on Snapchat then posted the video on Twitter. She told FOX 5 what she thinks triggered the behavior.
“Because the other car that flipped over, he wouldn’t let him over, so I think he got mad at that so I think that’s what caused it because he even went in front of me all fast and he was going pretty fast for traffic," said Dallas Montanez.
The video begins with Montanez describing everything as it unfolded. At one point, the male driver in the BMW gets out of his car, walks to the Ford Escape and spits at the man after he rolled down his window.
The video then shows the driver go back to his white BMW convertible, which is soon hit by the SUV from behind, but it backfires and the SUV ends up on its side.
CHP says no one was hurt, but the driver of the BMW took off. Montanez tells FOX 5 what she was thinking as it all unfolded.
“I was just like what the hell is this crazy guy doing? This is insane. I’ve never seen anything like it," Montanez said.
Investigators said they used the video to get the license plate of the BMW and later cited him for a misdemeanor assault charge based on him allegedly spitting on the other driver. He has been identified as Kevin McCall of Vista.
The driver of the SUV was identified by CHP as Andrew Branch of Escondido. He was arrested on charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon and was booked at the Vista Detention Facility.
Traffic on eastbound SR-78 was backed up for about an hour.
Montanez says both were in the wrong and the whole incident could have been avoided, but she recorded it and never imagined her video would blow up like it did.
"That’s what they wanted to do I guess. The guy in the convertible had a bad day and he was over it," said Montanez.
Both men will have a court date, according to CHP.
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Hate to admit it, but it is humorous that karma bit him so fast.
Is it me or did that SUV tip over way too easily? LOL
It wasn’t even a Suzuki Samurai.
Both men have a court dates?
Their punishment should be going out on dates.....with Dallas Montanez.
The guy who spat deserves a court date.
A driver in an SUV here in Houston hit a car while cutting a guy off and told the cops it was the other guy that hit him. The other guy had a dash cam and showed the cops the video. The SUV driver was arrested and taken into custody.
Is that some kind of punishment?
Give each of them 90 days and house them in the same cell.
People in California don’t drive cars they aim them body shops smile.
I’ve got one made to integrate with my car’s mirror mount, sitting in the garage waiting for me to make time to install it. I may get to it tomorrow.
I mount a Go Pro for every trip we take - even short ones. So many distracted drivers, and our state just legalized marijuana - want proof when one of them slams into my truck.
The video is great and can zoom in to see faces and license plate numbers on saved files.
My wife drives waaaay more than I do.
She has one.
Loves it.
It records the last 60 seconds of everything on a loop. It can be saved.
A Ford Escape.
I have one, front wheel drive and a bit top heavy.
When my son totaled my HHR I went looking for a good used car.
A family friend works for a used car lot so I called him up.
He had an 09 Escape Limited they had just taken on a trade.
It had all the features my 2018 Camry rental car had with a lot more room.
Plus low mileage, only 76,000 miles, and towing package, plus I got it $2,500 below book value.
Getting 28 mpg with It.
I won’t be taking any sharp turns or winding roads at high speed because the height makes it top heavy.
It does make it easier for me to get in and out of though.
If I were the guy from the SUV I would argue that I was just trying to get away and misjudged the space between the Beemer and the barrier.
The driver in the BMW was lucky he pulled his spitting crap in California, in Texas or some other states the SUV driver would have just shot him.
I’m planning on buying dash cams for my cars. They’re not very expensive.
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