A shocking road-rage assault was caught on camera Monday when an Army veteran with PTSD says a woman jumped out of her car and blasted him in the face with pepper spray over his perceived slow driving.
The confrontation unfolded around 9:30 am on Wilson Avenue along Vallejo’s waterfront, a stretch recently outfitted with traffic-calming “speed tables” designed to force drivers down to 15 miles per hour in certain sections of an otherwise 30 mph zone.
The victim, Joe Vallely, was operating a company bucket truck used to service internet infrastructure for city departments when he noticed a Nissan Altima tailgating him and signaling frustration.
“There’s speed bumps on the road, so you have to drive slow anyway,” Vallely, a father of two, toldKTVU. Explaining he was already moving cautiously due to the road design and the size of his vehicle.
Tensions escalated as both vehicles continued along the one-lane stretch.
“I noticed someone was tailgating me and flipping me off,” he said. “And I’m driving the bucket truck slow because it’s big and old and heavy.”
The situation boiled over when the road widened near Hichborn Street.
Vallely said the woman sped around him, cut in front, and slammed on her brakes, forcing him to stop suddenly while other cars were still behind him.
That’s when things turned violent.
Video recorded by Vallely shows the woman stepping out of her vehicle, approaching his work truck, and unleashing pepper spray directly into his open window.
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