Man pulls chainsaw on a Quebec family in road rage incident
Posted April 7, 2015 7:30 am.
Last Updated April 7, 2015 4:46 pm.
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A Quebec man is facing charges of armed aggression after pulling a chainsaw on a family during a road rage in incident near Montreal on Sunday.
Alexandre Hermenier and his partner Karine Cyr were travelling through St-Jérôme, a Montreal suburb, with their two young children when a man in a minivan cut them off, Hermenier told a local news outlet.
Hermenier followed the minivan to a dead end. When he started calling the police the man came at the family with a chainsaw.
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Cyr posted a video of the incident to Facebook on Sunday night.
Hermenier said the minivan driver had a baby in the back of his vehicle.
The driver who pulled the chainsaw is a 37-year-old with no prior record, according to the Montreal Gazette
He was arrested on Monday afternoon and is due to appear in court on Tuesday on one charge, St-Jérôme police spokesman Robin Pouliot said.
Additional charges may be laid, Pouliot said, but he could not say what those charges would be at this point.
