Montana shootings leave 1 dead, trooper and 2 others wounded
The state trooper is in critical condition. He was shot some 10 miles away outside a bar where the perpetrator's truck was sighted.
I'll admit that I sometimes get angry and frustrated while driving in traffic, but it always amazes me when people take it to this level. It's like some drivers think "This road is mine. MINE! Anyone who gets in my way is dead!"
I've heard it said that a person's "real" personality comes out when they're driving, as if people switch to berzerker mode when they get behind the wheel of a car.
One has to develop a survival instinct on the road, drive defensively, and be able to spot and avoid the real lunatics out there. Be safe.
MISSOULA, Mont. – A man has been arrested after opening fire on a pickup truck in a self-described "road rage incident" in Montana, killing one of the passengers inside and injuring two more people, including a state trooper.
Police apprehended 29-year-old Johnathan Bertsch after he allegedly flashed the lights of his Cadillac Escalade at the truck in front of him, then began shooting when the car stopped. The bullets struck Casey Blanchard and Shelley Hayes, along with Blanchard's mother, Julie, who had driven to a Missoula bar to pick the two friends up.
The state trooper is in critical condition. He was shot some 10 miles away outside a bar where the perpetrator's truck was sighted.
Bertsch allegedly fled the scene but was later apprehended with the help of his father, who said Bertsch called him and said, "I had a road rage incident. ... I think I might have shot a cop," according to the charging documents.
I'll admit that I sometimes get angry and frustrated while driving in traffic, but it always amazes me when people take it to this level. It's like some drivers think "This road is mine. MINE! Anyone who gets in my way is dead!"
I've heard it said that a person's "real" personality comes out when they're driving, as if people switch to berzerker mode when they get behind the wheel of a car.
One has to develop a survival instinct on the road, drive defensively, and be able to spot and avoid the real lunatics out there. Be safe.