On February 6, 2023, at around 1138 hours, Deputy Kristin Leroue, Deputy Zack McBride, and Detective Tim Neher of the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a report of a road rage driving incident involving one driver being stabbed by another driver on Matson Road in Bickleton, Klickitat County, Washington.
Through the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office learned the 41-year-old victim had been traveling northbound on Matson Road in a dump truck style vehicle, when a red flatbed pickup truck pulled in front of him blocking the road. The driver of the red pickup truck smashed out the driver side window of the dump truck. The driver of the red pickup truck began punching the victim, before stabbing the driver of the victim one time in his arm. The driver of the red pickup truck fled the scene, southbound on Matson Road and has not been identified at this time.
The victim’s injury to his arm from the stabbing was very minor and the Bickleton Fire Department responded to render aid to the victim. An ambulance from Patterson responded and evaluated the victim. The victim declined to be transported by ambulance to the hospital, opting for a co-worker to transport to the hospital in Prosser.
The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office responded and assisted Klickitat County deputies in checking the area. Deputies located a number of red in color flatbed pickup trucks in the area, but none appeared to have been involved in the case.
The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the assistance from the public, and asking for anyone who observed a red flatbed pickup truck driving in the Bickleton area, or who may have information on this case, to please contact Detective Neher at the Sheriff’s Office (509)773-4455.
Sheriff Songer wants to thank the Bickleton Fire Department, Patterson Ambulance, Prosser Hospital, and the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in the case.
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