A truck driver was taken to University Hospital in Louisville after being shot late Friday night.
Floyd County Police officers were dispatched around 11:20 p.m. to Interstate 64 westbound, near the 116.5 mile marker in reference to a person on the ground in front of a tractor trailer on the shoulder of the interstate.
As officers were en route, they received word that the person on the ground was the driver of the tractor trailer and had been shot.
The driver of the tractor trailer, who’s name has not been released by police, states that he was traveling westbound on I-64 when he was involved in a “road rage” incident with another motorist who was driving a 1990 or 1991 white Ford Thunderbird.
The truck driver states that he pulled to the shoulder of the road on 1-64 west at the Georgetown exit and that the other vehicle pulled in front of his truck. Both drivers and the passenger of the car exited their vehicles and began to argue at which time someone drew a pistol. Two shots were fired which injured the driver of the tractor trailer who was later treated and later released at University Hospital. The occupants of the passenger car left the area prior to officer’s arrival and are at-large.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity in the area of I-64 westbound near the 116.5 mile marker on or around the date and time in question is urged to call Detective Jeff Firkins with the Floyd County Police Department at 812-948-5407.
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