Hamilton police are still looking for a suspect in a tense weekend road rage incident that involved a ripped licence plate, a five-year-old and a fiery crash.

Around 2:40 a.m. on May 24, a man was driving a Chevy Blazer with another adult and a five-year-old child down the Sherman Cut. An SUV followed too closely, police say, and when the two vehicles stopped at a light, the drivers “exchanged words.”

The Blazer continued on with the SUV in tow, and at John Street South and Charlton Avenue East, the SUV rear-ended the Blazer. Then driver got out and assaulted the driver of the Blazer through the window, police say.

The driver got back in the vehicle and left, but not before the Blazer driver got out and ripped off his rear plate.

Police and paramedics responded, but the Blazer occupants were not seriously injured. Minutes later, Hamilton police and firefighters were called to a vehicle engulfed in flames at the curve of the upbound lane of the Sherman Cut.

No one was in it and the suspect couldn’t be found.

Police continue to investigate.