- Tractor-trailer driver arrested in North Carolina after firing BB gun at another vehicle during road rage incident on Interstate 40.
A tractor-trailer driver was arrested in North Carolina after deputies say he fired a BB gun at another vehicle during a road rage incident on Interstate 40. Authorities reported that the incident occurred in Haywood County on March 10 and resulted in the rear window of a passenger vehicle being shattered by a projectile. Deputies identified the driver as 52-year-old Billy Franklin Swaim of Wilkes County and took him into custody following the incident.
The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office said deputies initially responded to a disturbance call involving vehicles traveling on Interstate 40. According to authorities, the driver who reported the incident met deputies at Exit 37 after leaving the highway. The caller informed deputies that the confrontation had occurred while traveling through Haywood County and provided a description of the tractor-trailer involved in the incident.
Deputies examined the vehicle and found that the rear window had been shattered. Investigators determined that the damage was consistent with a projectile fired from a BB gun. Authorities reported that the driver believed the shot had been fired during a road rage encounter involving the tractor-trailer…