Police Looking For Road Rage Driver Who Attacked Another With A Hammer

An enraged driver struck another driver with a hammer at a busy intersection in Sebastopol Thursday morning, a police sergeant said.

The male driver of a red or maroon sedan apparently got angry when a box truck cut in front of him on Bodega Highway just west of the Sebastopol city limit, Sgt. Greg DeVore said. The sedan followed the truck into Sebastopol and pulled up next to the driver’s side of the truck at a red light at Bodega Highway and Pleasant Hill Road, DeVore said.

The driver got out of the sedan and yanked at the driver’s door of the truck. The truck driver opened his door to push the sedan driver away and he was hit at least once on the back of the head with a carpenter’s framing hammer, DeVore said.

He suffered a minor injury that caused bleeding and was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

The sedan driver drove south on Pleasant Hill Road, DeVore said. The sedan was described as a 2000 Toyota, Honda or Nissan. The driver was a white male in his 20s or 30s, between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches with short hair.

He was wearing a light colored shirt and blue jeans, DeVore said. The truck driver, a plumber, had just dropped off his daughter at school and was heading to work when the incident happened around 8 a.m., DeVore said.

DeVore said he and Sebastopol police Officer Cameron Fenske responded to calls from several witnesses who are still being interviewed.

--Bay City News