By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 22-year-old man is recovering after a road rage incident in which he and his vehicle were both attacked by a baseball bat-wielding motorist near Centralia.
It happened about 6:15 p.m. on Saturday along the 100 block of Joppish Road, northwest of town and deputies are looking for the assailant who was driving a green compact car, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect’s name may be Matt, detective Sgt. Dusty Breen said this morning.
The victim said he was headed west on Galvin Road when he tried to pass the green car, which at first blocked him from passing, Breen said. The victim finally did go around the car, but then it followed him and finally the victim stopped to explain he only wanted to pass, Breen said.
“I’m assuming he probably didn’t want it to follow him to his girlfriend’s house,” Breen said.
The green car’s driver got out and approached the victim’s truck, and used the bat to break its rear window and then struck the 22-year-old Centralia man in the face with it, Breen said. The 22-year-old ended up with a broken eye socket, according to the sheriff’s office.
Breen said the only description deputies got of the attacker was a white male, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a flat-billed baseball hat.
However, the victim heard a female inside the green car yelling, “Matt, stop,” Breen said.
He thought there might be others in the car, but wasn’t sure, Breen said.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with information about the incident or the identity of the suspect to call them, or call Crime Stoppers of Lewis County. “Matt” is wanted for second-degree assault.
The 22-year-old drove himself to his girlfriend’s home nearby and she took him to Providence Centralia Hospital, where he was treated and has been released, Breen said.
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Good one mike… I mean like…I agree
maybe there’s more to the story. I’m sure the 22 year old isn’t innocent. oh but wait, this is sirens…my bad…make your judgements without all the facts…
I have to agree with Abe. He never told a lie.
Gee, I wonder if deputies will be scanning Galvin Road west of the point of assault for a vehicle that matches the description, either on the road or in the drive way of a residence.
Seems an obvious investigative technique.
I wonder why the victim felt the need to stop and get out to explain himself to the driver of the green car. A little history between them perhaps?
“Matt” might have a small pens and a drug problem, but it doesn’t mean that he shouldn’t be warned about assaulting other motorists in gunnutville. If you know “Matt”, tell him it wasn’t his fault that he was sexually molested as a child and that no it wasn’t fare. But acosting fellow Biway enthusiasts with sporting equipment won’the make his sister think his weiner is any bigger or stop her from cheating on him with his father.
Well had “Matt” come at my truck with a bat his female passenger would have yelled “cremation or funeral Matt?
It always gets me as to how tough people are with a bat and when they are done they run away like little bitches. I hope the person who did this gets mads and comes looking for me. I am not an easy victim. SCUMBAG!
Hopefully the next time “Matt” tries that he gets the gift of hollow points to the chest.