Christopher Saul

Christopher Saul

Mid Bay News

A road rage incident shut down the off-ramp to SR-20 for a short period of time over the weekend on Sunday, April 3rd.

No one was hurt in the shooting incident, but Okaloosa sheriffโ€™s deputies responded in force to the incident.

Road rage is a serious issue in the United States. According to Policyadvice.net, road rage is the cause of about 30 murders every year and more than a third of car crashes involve road rage in some way shape or form.

Additionally, cases of road rage involving guns doubled between 2014 and 2016 – to 620.

A Northwest Florida Law Firm, Brill and Rinaldi, cites a study that reports that in a seven-year period, more than 10,000 road rage incidents were reported to the police and resulted in more than 12,000 personal injury cases.