A.V. FREEWAY DRIVER SHOT AT BY TAILGATER.Byline: Holly Edwards Staff Writer NEWHALL - A case of road rage See Web rage. took a life-threatening turn Friday morning when a motorist fired a handgun at a 20-year-old Santa Clarita woman driving south on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , officials said. The woman said several men in a maroon Chevrolet Tahoe had been tailgating Tailgating The action of a broker or advisor purchasing or selling a security for his or her client(s) and then immediately making the same transaction in his or her own account. her car and cutting in front of her in the car-pool lane before the shooting. ``I just got mad and hit the brakes,'' said the woman, who did not want to be identified. ``Finally, the driver pulled out a handgun and shot at me. I've never been so terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. in my life.'' The bullet grazed the roof of the woman's Ford Escort, but no one was injured, authorities said. The men got off the freeway at San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and were still at large late Friday afternoon, authorities said. The frightened young woman said the incident has changed her driving style for good. ``I learned it's better to just be passive because people are crazy,'' she said. |
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