SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A road rage confrontation in South Strabane Township ended with two men under arrest. But Robert McMillin says he and his son, Connor, were the ones who were threatened.
South Strabane Township police were called around 4 p.m. Tuesday to a reported road rage incident that began near an interstate exit and continued onto Murtland Avenue.
Robert McMillin told us he and his son were attempting to exit onto Murtland Avenue when another driver allegedly swerved in front of their vehicle, slammed on his brakes and repeatedly tried to block them.
“I thought I was going to die. I literally thought I was going to die,” McMillin said.
He described the other driver’s behavior as frightening and said he believed the man was threatening his life.
“Only time I saw road rage is on YouTube. This is insane. I got up here, and I saw his face. His pupils were almost nonexistent, and all he could do was smile and say, ‘I’m going to kill you! Kill, kill, kill!’”
But the criminal complaint paints a very different picture.
Police allege McMillin threatened the other driver with a knife, reached through the window of the man’s truck and made a forward stabbing motion. The other driver told police he feared serious bodily injury.
Witnesses also told police that someone involved in the incident had a gun. However, police did not identify who allegedly had the firearm or say whether one was recovered.
Robert McMillin acknowledged slashing the other driver’s tire but said he did so only after the man allegedly pulled a knife on him.
“I proceeded to get out of the car and ask him what his problem was. And when I got to the driver’s side door of his car, he had an illegal switchblade, swinging it at my neck. I took my knife and popped his tire, told my son, ‘Let’s get out of here.’”
Robert McMillin and his son, Connor, were arrested at a Chick-fil-A following the incident.
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