Two injured after driver charged with throwing knife into vehicle during road rage incident

An altercation between two motorists on the Mass Pike in Auburn Saturday night led to the arrest of a Connecticut man for Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, among other charges.

At about 9:00 p.m., State Police received a report of a road-rage incident involving two operators who were traveling Westbound on I-90 in Auburn. The caller reported that the other operator had thrown a knife at him while the two traveled on the Pike, causing injuries to him and his passenger. Sergeant Dave Pinkham was able to locate the suspect vehicle, a 2015 Jeep Wrangler, and effected a motor vehicle stop on I-90 Westbound in Auburn.

Trooper Matthew Cunha conducted interviews with all parties involved and determined that the operator of the Jeep, Joshua Garrey, 26, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, was traveling westbound when he became involved in a road-rage type incident with the operator of a 2011 BMW 328, which was also traveling westbound. It is believed that the incident initially involved one vehicle cutting off another, then escalated to lights being flashed, gestures expressed, “brake jobs”, and at one point, Garrey throwing a folding pocket knife at the operator of the BMW. At the time the knife was thrown, the BMW driver’s side window was open, allowing the thrown knife to enter the passenger compartment, striking the driver, a 22-year-old man, and his passenger, a 23-year-old woman, both from Middletown, Connecticut. Both sustained minor injuries and were going to seek medical treatment on their own.

Garrey was placed under arrest and charged with the following offenses:

Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (2 counts)
Negligent operation of a motor vehicle
Following too closely
Throwing an object on a highway
Failure to use care and caution

Garrey was released on $500.00 bail and will be arraigned at a later date in Worcester District Court.