Family shaken by road-rage incident

An Arrowtown family was left shaken by a road-rage incident on Saturday in which a man allegedly forced their vehicle off the road several times.

Acting Sergeant Terry Wood, of Queenstown police, said three people, including an overseas visitor, were allegedly assaulted during the incident in Wiltshire St about 7.45pm.

The alleged offender was using his vehicle to exercise a dog when he got into an altercation with the occupants of another vehicle carrying three adults and three children.

It escalated to the point that he chased the other vehicle and forced it off the road three or four times, Acting Sgt Wood said.

The offender, who claimed to be an Arrowtown resident, allegedly assaulted the vehicle's three adult occupants during the incident, Acting Sgt Wood said.

They were not injured, but their vehicle sustained minor damage when the man struck it with his hands.

The ‘‘terrified'' group left the scene after a passerby intervened.

‘‘It's not a pleasant experience for anyone to go through.''

The man was behaving ‘‘very erratically''.

‘‘He was already wound up about something.''Police were investigating the incident, and charges against the man were likely.

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