The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of road rage that ended with a 41-year-old Salem man being hit twice over the head with a bat.
Deputies say the incident that triggered the road rage occurred when one vehicle pulled in front of the other on Selmaville Road at the Ruble Road intersection southwest of Salem.
The suspect’s pickup truck turned around and followed the alleged victim back to his home on Barker Road east of Centralia. The suspect parked his car on the road and walked up the driveway where he struck the alleged victim twice over the head with a bat.
The suspect left the scene before the sheriff’s department was called and has not been located. The suspect reportedly was driving a white four-door ford long bed truck with no direction of travel. The suspect was described as having a long-tied goatee, short hair, and no shirt.
Emergency Medical Services was called to the scene, but the victim declined hospital treatment. Deputies encouraged him to go to the hospital for stitches to close the head wound.
The incident occurred around 8:30 Wednesday morning.
