WA: 19-yr-old in hospital after road rage incident

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2006
WA: 19-yr-old in hospital after road rage incident

Police have charged two 18-year-old men with assault .. after a teenager was allegedly
pulled from his car and punched .. in a road rage attack in Perth.

The men will appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday over the incident .. which
police say occurred after the 19-year-old driver and his father stopped at an intersection
in suburban Rivervale yesterday.

A car pulled up behind them and two men got out .. walking over to the waiting pair
and starting to argue with the driver.

Police say a fight then broke out .. during which the teenage driver was punched in
the head and fell to the ground.

He lost consciousness after hitting his head on the kerb .. and was taken to hospital
with serious facial and head injuries.

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KEYWORD: RAGE (PERTH)

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