Woman, 25,arrested in alleged road-rage stabbing

SAN MARCOS

California Highway Patrol invehicle. vestigators arrested a 25-year-old woman Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a freeway road-rage incident last week in San Marcos.

The suspect stabbed another driver with a box cutter, CHP spokesman Officer Juan Escobar said.

It happened about 6 p.m. Friday, starting on east state Route 78 before the drivers of both vehicles — a Nissan Pathfinder and a Honda Civic — exited the freeway at Nordahl Road, Escobar said in a news release.

Once off the freeway, at least two people from the Nissan SUV and the Honda sedan’s driver began fighting, Escobar said. During the altercation, the SUV’s driver, the 25-year-old woman, allegedly stabbed the Civic’s driver with a box cutter.

It wasn’t until after those involved had returned to their vehicles that the Honda’s driver realized he’d been stabbed and sought medical aid, Escobar said.

Investigators from the CHP’s Oceanside area identified the SUV’s driver and arrested her Tuesday, at which time they found the SUV and the box cutter, according to Escobar, who said she was initially booked into the Vista Detention Facility.

Jail records showed the suspect remained in custody Wednesday without bail at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility, the women’s jail in Santee.

Escobar said the investigation remains active and asked anyone with information about the incident to call the Oceanside-area CHP at (760) 643-3400.