Police arrested a Madison man for a ""road-rage"" incident Tuesday after he threatened to beat a woman who he claimed cut him off in traffic on University Avenue.
According to police, the woman, 21, said the 44-year-old man starting yelling at her after she merged left to avoid a car crash at the Park Street intersection, allegedly cutting him off.
""The man got out of his car, and approached her's armed with a small wood board,"" Madison Police Department Spokesperson Joel DeSpain said in a statement. ""He was talking about beating her.""
The man, who police contacted Wednesday, said ""not only did the woman cut him off, but that she gave him the finger and swore at him,"" according to DeSpain.
The man said he got out of the car to confront the woman because his horn did not work, and carried a wood board in his hand ""to defend himself in case the other driver was a man.""
