Middlesex County Trucker Killed in Road Rage Attack

Perth Amboy, NJ - A Middlesex County trucker was shot dead in a road rage incident Saturday in Florida, reports a local media outlet in Jacksonville. His dog survived the road rage shooting, but he did not.

George Guerrero, 44, of Perth Amboy, was shot to death Saturday afternoon outside Jacksonville.

State troopers responded at 1:50 p.m. Saturday to a tractor trailer abandoned by the side of Interstate 10. Gerrero's body was found in a wooded area nearby, with three bullet wounds in it, including one in his head. His dog, Aria, was waiting loyally alongside him.

Police think another trucker, described as a black man with a beard, got into an argument with Guerrero while both were driving and started tailgating him on Interstate 10. Police think the man bumped Guerrero's truck with his truck before shooting him as he passed by, reports WOKV.

Guerrero stumbled out of the truck, shot, and died in the nearby woods with is dog at his side. His family called the shooter "a coward."

He had just recently started his own trucking business and often took the dog along, his family said.