PARMA, Ohio (WJW) — A teenager is facing a felonious assault charge after an alleged road rage incident turned physical and sent an 87-year-old man to the hospital.
Parma police officers responded the evening of July 23 to State Road and West Ridgewood Drive for reports of an assault.
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The victim’s wife told police that she was in the car with her husband when a driver in a black pickup truck cut him off. The man rolled down his window and confronted the other driver which led to “verbal obscenities” and “hand gestures,” police said.
At the next stop light, the victim and the driver of the pickup, who police said was a 17-year-old boy, stopped and got out of their vehicles. The teen then punched the man in the head, knocking him onto the ground, police said…