A 16-year-old girl learning how to drive with her dad got an unwanted lesson in road rage when a Deltona driver pointed a gun at her and her father, according to a charging affidavit. The teenager told a deputy she was scared to the point that she no longer wanted to drive, according to the affidavit.
Mark A. Vierra, 59, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, one count of improper exhibition of a firearm or dangerous weapon and one count of commit third-degree felony with a weapon. Vierra was booked into the Volusia County Branch Jail early Wednesday and released several hours later on $16,000 bond.
The road-rage incident happened about 8:31 p.m. Tuesday when a father said he was teaching his daughter, who had her learner’s permit, how to drive. The daughter was traveling on Braddock Road and drove their sedan into the intersection with Doyle Road believing she had the right-of-way, the affidavit stated. She ended up getting in the way of a Toyota SUV driven by Vierra, who was traveling eastbound on Doyle Road.