FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Nebraska big rig driver has been arrested after authorities say he caused a wreck while harassing others along an Indiana interstate on Monday, Oct. 16.
Police said that David Nabity, 38, was driving on Interstate 69 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he began throwing items at a pickup truck after tailgating it and flipping off the driver.
Court documents reported that Nabity also tried to run the pickup, which sustained damage from the items Nabity threw at it, off the road.
During this incident, police said the semi’s trailer crashed into a van that had been driving behind Nabity’s rig.
The impact caused the van’s passenger window to shatter, broke the passenger’s side mirror and caused dents and scrapes.
No one was seriously injured, police said.
Nabity fled the scene but was later found by authorities on Lima Road and arrested for criminal recklessness, a felony, criminal mischief and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage.
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The driver should have taken his chill pills!
It’s not right but I understand. Guarantee the truck driver didn’t start it. If you get the finger and/or the horn from someone stop and think what did I do? Because 99% of the time you did something. Same here. Drivers don’t just pick random vehicles to rage against.
I understand the rage. 4 wheelers can be major idiots.
like Ryan said, I understand the rage, four wheelers can be major idiots. but, as difficult as it can be sometimes, we as professional drivers have to learn to keep our cool.
And it’s not just the four wheelers sometimes other truckers can be rude. I am a female trucker, and there is a certain culture out there whose English is their second language and they treat their women as second class citizens. 99% of those guys are rude to me especially if I pass them!