Police in Miami Springs, Florida have arrested a 61-year-old man after he reduce a person’s cheek whereas wielding a machete in a wild case of highway rage.

The incident occurred on September 29 on NW forty second Avenue and was captured on the dashcam of a close-by automobile. It exhibits Luis Ruiz-Herrera exiting his truck and approaching a person who was driving a scooter. Herrera can then be seen swinging the machete on the man and whereas the scooter rider was capable of lean backward, the blade nonetheless struck him on the cheek.

Whereas it’s unclear what proceeded the highway rage incident, Fox Information stories that Ruiz-Herrera fled the scene after the assault. Luckily, native police have been shortly capable of observe him down by means of the license plate variety of his truck and located him at his residence. He admitted to the assault and claimed he had hit the scooter rider with the machete after he allegedly disrespected his mom. The rider recognized him from a photograph lineup.

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“The sufferer was capable of dismount his motor scooter in time and retreat backward as Ruiz-Herrera closed the hole between them,” the Miami Springs Police Division stated in an announcement. “Ruiz-Herrera swung the machete on the sufferer, making contact with the left aspect of his face. The crime stemmed from a highway rage incident and was caught on video by a third-party motorist who was additionally in site visitors, immediately behind the scooter.”

Ruiz-Herrera was positioned into custody and brought to court docket the place he was charged with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon. He was additionally ordered to keep away from the sufferer.

A cost of aggravated battery with a lethal weapon is taken into account a second-degree felony in Florida and is punishable by as much as 15 years in jail and a $10,000 high quality.