Crime & Safety
Trucker Had 'Road Rage' on I-78, Police Say
State police at Belfast say a Connecticut truck driver has been charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly threw a water bottle at another trucker on I-78 in Lower Saucon Township.
An out-of-state truck driver was charged with disorderly conduct following what state police at Belfast characterized as a "road rage incident" on Interstate 78 westbound in Lower Saucon Township.
In a news release, police said Keith LaPointe, 56, of Branford, Conn., initiated what transpired between him and another truck driver, who is from Richmond, Ind.
The situation escalated, police said, when LaPointe "threw a plastic water bottle containing water into the passenger compartment of the victim's vehicle through an open passenger side window."
Police said the incident unfolded near mile marker 70 at about 12:50 p.m. last Thursday (Sept. 5).
LaPointe has been charged with disorderly conduct, police said.
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