San Mateo road-rage incident ends in man’s arrest

SAN MATEO – A road-rage incident over the weekend in San Mateo ended in the arrest of a 24-year-old man on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.

The incident happened Sunday afternoon, the San Mateo Police Department said in a news release. A daughter called her father and told him a black car was following her. The father then drove to her location and saw that she was still being followed.

While stopped at a red light at East Hillsdale Boulevard and Curtiss Street, the father got out of his car and confronted the driver of the black car. That’s when the driver of the black car brandished a knife and threatened the father, police said.

The driver of the black car then hit the father with his car, causing him to roll onto the hood, police said.

The driver of the black car was identified, found and arrested near Lodi Avenue and Norton Street, police said, adding that the knife used during the incident was also recovered.

The suspect was booked into San Mateo County jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a deadly weapon other than a firearm and criminal threats.