Cedar Park Driver Faces Felony Charges After Road Rage Incident

CEDAR PARK, TX — A Cedar Park driver was charged with a felony after being accused of swerving into another vehicle causing it to roll over in a road rage incident.

The incident dates to January, but details have only recently emerged in the form of an arrest affidavit. Citing that affidavit, the Austin American-Statesman reported police were dispatched to the 1900 block of South Bell Boulevard shortly after 9 a.m. on Jan. 26 following a rollover crash.

A 1998 GMC Sierra pickup at the scene had rolled over and was resting on its side on the west side of the road, according to the report. The affidavit details the drivers and passenger telling police they were traveling south on South Bell on the inside lane when the driver of a Cadillac Escalade pulled up alongside them while making a hand gesture mimicking the pulling of a gun trigger, the Statesman reported.

The driver of the Escalade, Alexander Rey, 31, then allegedly swerved to the left and struck the pickup truck which eventually careened off the roadway and rolled over, according to the affidavit. A passenger sustained a cut to the leg and swollen hand while the driver complained of back pain in the aftermath of the rollover, according to the report.

Witnesses told police they had seen the Rey make an unsafe lane change and cut off the truck prior to the rollover, according to the affidavit. In turn, the driver of the truck subsequently cut off the Escalade in traffic, according to witnesses. The drivers then exchanged heated words before the Cadillac swerved onto the truck, the report indicates.

A witness was able to follow Rey as he drove away after the crash and secured a license plate number that police used to track him down, according to the affidavit. Police said Rey initially told police he owned the Cadillac but wasn't driving it at the time of the incident.

After a police investigation, Rey was charged with accident involving injury, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He was released from the Williamson County Jail on Thursday after posting bail set at $40,000.

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