An 18-year-old West Windsor resident is charged with felony assault and weapon charges in connection with the incident.
WEST WINDSOR -- An Ocean County man suffered stab wounds to his hands and and forearms during a road rage incident with a teenager recently, West Windsor police said.
Following the Sept. 13 incident - which was two separate fights moments apart - led police to charge Taylan Postalci, 18, of West Windsor with felony assault and weapon charges.
The stabbing victim, a 50-year-old from the Forked River section of Lacey, was treated at a local hospital and released the same day.
Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Lee Patrol said the incident began at about 4 p.m. on New Village Road.
Postalci and the victim first argued after their vehicles came to a stop and both drivers got out. That confrontation ended when the forked River man grabbed Postacli's lanyard key chain and threw it into a grass area, Lee said.
Minutes later, both vehicles wound up in a line of traffic on Edinburg Road at Old Trenton Road and the rage continued.
Lee said Postalci punched the tail light of the victim's vehicle, which prompted the victim to get out of his vehicle. Postalci, though, retreated back to his car, Lee said.
When the victim reached into Postalci's vehicle through the driver's window, Postalci alleged stabbed at the victim several times with a multi-tool utility knife, Lee said.
The victim got the teen's keys, returned to his vehicle and drove a short distance away and called police, Lee said.
When officers arrived, Lee said, they found a substantial amount of blood in the street where the second fight occurred.
The officers detained Postalci and called an ambulance for the victim.
Postalci was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief. He's since been released from police custody, pending an appearance in Mercer County Superior Court.
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