Detectives with the Indiana State Police in Sellersburg are investigating an apparent “road rage” stabbing off Interstate 65
According to a news released from Sgt. Cary Huls with the Sellersburg Post, around 10:45 a.m. Saturday 911 dispatch learned of a possible road rage incident between the drivers of a purple Freightliner semitrailer and a white Volvo semitrailer.
The two trucks were reportedly passing and “break checking” each other on I-65 northbound a few miles south of the Henryville exit. A short time later, troopers responded to the northbound rest area near the 22 mile marker when it was reported one of the drivers pulled into the rest park after being stabbed.
Once at the scene, per the report, officers immediately called for a medical helicopter to transport the driver to University Hospital in Louisville for stab wounds.
Officers identified the driver as Daniel Andrews of Springfield, Missouri, Huls said.
Troopers also learned the description of the other truck and driver allegedly involved in the incident. Scottsburg City officers stopped that vehicle a short time later.
The second driver was identified as Lyndon Smith of Gadsden, Alabama.
After the initial investigation, detectives believe both drivers pulled off at the northbound Henryville on-ramp and were involved in a physical altercation.
As a result of the investigation, detectives arrested Smith for false informing, a Class A misdemeanor. Smith was driving the white Volvo semitrailer.
ISP detectives arrested Andrews after his release from the hospital, and he is charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon, a Level 5 felony, battery resulting in bodily injury and criminal recklessness, both Level 6 felonies and aggressive driving, a Class A misdemeanor. Andrews was driving the purple or marron colored Freightliner semitrailer.
This case is still under investigation, and detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed the physical altercation to call the Sellersburg Post, Hults
The incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. Saturday morning on the ramp from SR 160 to I-65 northbound near the 19 mile marker.
Anyone who witnessed the physical altercation should contact the Sellersburg Post at 812-246-5424.