A road rage incident in Santa Clarita turned violent on Monday when a confrontation between two drivers led to one man being hospitalized with a knife injury. The altercation occurred around noon near a Home Depot store on Newhall Ranch Road. Leon Hernandez, 39, was injured when another driver slashed his hand with a knife during the dispute.
According to Hernandez, the conflict began when the other driver, operating a dark-colored Mercedes Benz, aggressively cut him off in traffic and then stopped abruptly in front of his truck. The driver then exited his vehicle and confronted Hernandez with a knife. In an interview with KTLA, Hernandez recounted, “I saw the guy pull out a knife. Well, he got out of the car with a knife in his hand, then flipped it open in front of me and then swung it at me.”
Hernandez suffered a deep laceration to his hand and required a 90-minute surgery. He is expected to make a full recovery in about six weeks. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department quickly responded to the scene, and the suspect was apprehended about a mile away on McBean Parkway.
Video footage captured by a witness has become a crucial piece of evidence in the investigation. Deputy Robert Jensen of the Santa Clarita Station emphasized the importance of the video, stating, “That video is extra helpful, as you can imagine,” according to NBC Los Angeles.
Hernandez, who owns a business and is the father of two, expressed concern about the impact of his injury on his work but is grateful the situation was not worse.
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