(OAK BROOK) A Darien man has been charged with aggravated assault after a road rage attack in west suburban Oak Brook Friday morning.
Officers were called to Route 83 near I-88 about 8:12 a.m. for reports of a two-vehicle crash,
according to a statement from Oak Brook police.
When officers arrived, a 48-year-old Lemont man told them that he and a man later identified as Robert Kasanda, 57, of the 7000 block of Exner Road in Darien, had gotten into an argument over a road rage incident that ended in a crash, police said.
During the argument, Kasanda brandished a knife and pointed it at the man before taking the victim’s car keys from the ignition and throwing them into traffic, police said. He then damaged the driver’s side of the victim’s car before getting back into his own vehicle and driving away.
The Lemont man was not injured, police said.
Kasanda was later arrested at his workplace in Wood Dale and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of damage to property and one count of trespass to a motor vehicle, police said. He was also cited for leaving the scene of an accident and failure to exchange information or render aid after a crash.
Kasanda was processed at the Oak Brook Police Department and released on bond, police said.
