Man arrested after alleged road rage incident near Fort Lupton, deputies say

DENVER — A suspect in a road rage incident near Fort Lupton has been arrested by Weld County deputies, a spokesperson for the department said Tuesday.

The investigation into 37-year-old Evan Traxler bean after deputies were dispatched to a disturbance call just before 9:30 p.m. along Meadowlark Road in southeast Fort Lupton.

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At the scene, witnesses reported that Traxler “threw items at the victim’s vehicle and struck the victim’s rear bumper with his own, causing damage,” according to a news release.

A short time later, another deputy found a GMC Yukon that resembled the description of Traxler’s vehicle near the area where it was last seen traveling. A deputy who followed the vehicle noticed Traxler “was unable to maintain his lane of travel” and the deputy conducted a traffic stop, the release states…

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