NJ road rage: 70-year-old man hit by car after accident in Fair Lawn

FAIR LAWN, N.J. (WABC) – A man was arrested after another man was struck by a car in Fair Lawn Thursday night in an apparent incident of driving aggression.

A 70-year-old man was hit and injured near Berdan Avenue and Malcolm Terrace shortly before 7:30 p.m.

An exclusive doorbell video of the incident shows how tense the situation was.

The victim said he was with his 27-year-old son when their car, a gold Toyota Camry, was struck by a white Hyundai Sonata on Plaza Drive near Route 208.

The driver of the Hyundai, 66-year-old Norberto Herrera, then sped away with screeching tires and almost ran over the victim.

The video shows the Camry speeding towards the Hyundai and cutting it off. The victim gets out of his car – apparently to take a photo.

The white sedan then backed up, made a U-turn and threw the victim through the air as he tried to approach the car.

Ralph Polo and other neighbors rushed to help the victim.

“I heard all the commotion, came out and the guy was on the ground bleeding, I mean there was a lot of blood coming out,” Polo said. “I said, ‘How did that happen?’ He said, ‘I thought he was going to turn, but he decided to go straight, cut me off and ran into me.'”

The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Herrera was quickly tracked down by the police.

He was arrested and charged with assault with an automobile, hit and run, failure to report an accident, unsafe lane change and reckless driving before being released.

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