Teen faces charges following Broken Arrow Road Rage incident

News On 6 has new information on a road rage incident in Broken Arrow that sent the victim to the hospital in critical condition.

The teenage driver initially left the scene, then went to the police with his parents.

Broken Arrow police said officers responded to Slim Chickens in Hillside Tuesday afternoon for a road rage incident involving a man and a teenage boy.

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“There was some sort of altercation on the road and then these two individuals ended up at Slim Chickens,” said Ethan Hutchins, public information officer for the Broken Arrow Police Department.

Hutchins described the incident as isolated and preventable.

“The suspect was trying to get food from Slim Chickens, and the victim showed up at the parking lot and he got out of his vehicle and the suspect then hit him and pinned him between his own vehicle,” said Hutchins.

Police said the man was seriously injured and the teen fled in a car.

“His vehicle was later found and then he turned himself in with his,” Hutchins said.

Rylie Fletcher with AAA Oklahoma said road rage is rampant across the country, including in Oklahoma.

AAA said about four people per 1 million residents were shot in road rage incidents in 2022 in Oklahoma, placing it third on the list of states for people shot during road rage incidents.

“If you're feeling angry on the road, that might be an indication that you want to pull over to the side of the road, wait until you calm down a little bit,” Fletcher said.

Police said while you can't control the actions of others, you can control how you react.

“We need the public to call us when this happens,” Hutchins said. “Please don’t try to take matters into your own hands.”

The teenage suspect faces charges of assault with a weapon and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries.