Video from a Washington State Department of Transportation camera shows a contractor getting attacked by a man during a road rage incident on the shoulder of Interstate 5 during the evening commute on Thursday, May 16. The man who attacked the WSDOT contractors was armed with a hammer and fatally shot by a trooper.
In an update Thursday night, a spokesperson for the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) said the Washington State Patrol responded to a report of a “road rage incident” on the shoulder of I-5 near milepost 197 just after 4 p.m.
The SMART said the man had rammed a WSDOT contractor vehicle and a lift that was on the shoulder of the interstate.
Video from a WSDOT traffic camera recorded by KOMO News shows a man chasing a WSDOT contractor around a car on the shoulder of the interstate during rush hour. The contractor can be seen jumping over a barricade before the man starts attacking them from the other side of the barricade.
After the man stopped assaulting the contractor, they can be seen walking back to their car and getting in. The contractor then tries to stop the driver, but the driver reverses the vehicle and nearly hits the contractor on the side of the road.
The driver then speeds forward and appears to nearly hit a WSDOT contractor vehicle with a lift that had two people onboard, operating over the slough. The man can then be seen getting out of his car and getting into the contractor's vehicle. It’s currently unclear if the person was attempting to steal the vehicle, but they were only in the driver’s seat for a few seconds before getting out of and running across the highway during rush hour.
A Washington State Patrol trooper can be seen in the video pulling up to the scene as the man runs across the interstate.
The SMART said the man was armed with a hammer and “an altercation ensued between the suspect, WSDOT contractors and a Washington State Patrol trooper.” The man was shot by the trooper during the altercation.
Law enforcement gave the man first aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The WSDOT contractor suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the SMART.
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