Dec. 19--WEST HAVEN -- A tractor-trailer driver was allegedly stabbed by another trucker in Ogden early Sunday morning in what is being described by authorities as a road-rage incident.
The incident began around 1 a.m. at the Flying J truck stop on 21st Street, said Weber County Sheriff's Lt. Mark Lowther.
The victim was pulling out of the truck stop's parking lot and another trucker went around him, apparently because he was driving too slowly, according to a sheriff's office report.
The victim then pulled into the Motel 6 parking lot next to the Flying J to park his semi and didn't notice the other truck had also pulled in behind him.
The suspect went up to the victim as he got out of his truck and stabbed him in the left chest area with a screwdriver, the sheriff's office report states.
The victim suffered a single puncture wound to the chest and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The names of the victim and suspect were not released.
Sheriff's office personnel were unable to locate the suspect but have information about the tractor-trailer he was operating and his employer, Lowther said. The incident remains under investigation.
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