A man is in custody, accused of pulling a gun on another driver following a road rage crash Tuesday afternoon on the President George Bush Turnpike in Collin County, state troopers say.
A Texas DPS spokesman said troopers were called shortly after 3 p.m. to a report of a man with a gun on the eastbound lanes of the turnpike near Preston Road.
The driver of a 2018 Hyundai Elantra, driven by Christiano Pinheiro De Abreu, "was road raging" when he struck a 2008 Hyundai Sonata, the spokesman said.
After both drivers pulled over, De Abreu was seen pointing a gun toward the other driver.
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Ryan Haddox said he saw the tense situation and took a picture.
"There was traffic so we started slowing down, and then we saw that to the side," Haddox wrote in a message to NBC 5. "We got over a lane and got out of there right as a police officer was pulling up to the scene."
A United States Postal Inspection Service officer saw what was happening and detained both drivers until state troopers arrived, the DPS spokesman said.
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De Abreu was arrested on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Collin County Jail.
No injuries were reported.
The DPS investigation is ongoing, the spokesman said.
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