Woman Assaulted in Road Rage Incident in Manalapan

MANALAPAN, NJ - A road rage incident that started in the Freehold Mall parking lot Friday night ended with a woman hitting another woman in the face in Manalapan, police said.

The road rage encounter started between two cars in Freehold Township, police said. At 9:20 p.m. Friday, Manalapan police were called to the Gulf gas station on Rt. 9 in Manalapan. There, a 49-year-old Staten Island woman told police that another woman struck her in the face.

The incident apparently began in the parking lot of the Freehold Mall, and continued up Rt. 9 north, Captain Thomas Barstow said. The first car kept cutting off and brake checking the Staten Island woman and her driving companion, so they pulled off Rt. 9 into the Gulf station parking lot, he said. The subject then pulled in behind them and a minor physical altercation occurred, he said.

The subject vehicle did leave the location once the police were notified, but returned when contacted by county communications. All parties involved in the incident were identified, and advised of the complaint process.

The victim did not report being injured badly enough to require medical attention.

This incident is currently under investigation by Patrolman Aaron Abeles. No arrests have been made.