Police looking for pick-up driver who smashed safety glass on semi

YOUNGSTOWN

Road rage sent a local trucker to the side of the road with a smashed windshield.

According to police, a 48-year-old Austintown trucker was entering Interstate 680 from South Avenue just before 7 p.m. Monday driving an 18-wheel tanker truck when he was cut off by a man driving a Chevrolet pickup truck. The truck driver used his CB radio to contact the driver of the pickup truck, and the two men began arguing.

The trucker told police the driver of the pickup pulled over near the Wayne Street overpass and threw an unidentified object at his truck as he drove past. The object smashed the safety glass and nearly came through the windshield.

Officers have a description of the man and his car and are looking for him.