East Austin Road Rage Incident Leads To Man's Leg Run Over, Alleged Attacker Jailed

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Police have charged a man with aggravated assault stemming from a case of road rage during which he allegedly attacked the driver of a dump truck during a confrontation in East Austin, according to a published report.

The incident occurred on March 3 just before 8 p.m. along the 3300 block of East Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the Austin American-Statesman reported while citing an arrest affidavit. Desmond Goston, 23, told police he was driving his truck westbound while attempting to merge with traffic when the dump truck sideswiped his vehicle.

Goston then is alleged to have exited his vehicle while traffic was thick and moving slowly and climbing inside the passenger cab of the dump truck to confront the other driver. According to the arrest affidavit in the case, Goston pushed the dump truck driver out of the vehicle onto the street.

The dump truck was in the neutral gear but rolled backwards and ran over the driver's left leg, according to the report. The driver was subsequently sent to the hospital with a dislocated knee and broken ankle, the report indicates. Goston, meanwhile, exited the dump truck to see that his vehicle had rolled into a tree, police said.

Goston was subsequently booked into the Travis County Jail with a bail set at $15,000. Jail records indicate that Goston has since bonded out on Sunday afternoon.

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