Uber driver stabbed on Highway 87 in San Jose following road rage incident

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Police are searching for a man who stabbed and kicked an Uber driver on northbound Highway 87 in San Jose on Wednesday during the early morning commute.

The 24-year-old driver was transporting a passenger when he got into a “road rage type incident” with a woman driving a white sedan in front of him just before 8:45 a.m. Authorities said that she drove away from the scene.

Minutes later, the Uber driver was just south of the Capitol Expressway off-ramp when the male driver of a gold brown sedan drove up next to him and requested he pull off into the shoulder.

The two drivers got out of their cars and met in the middle, where officers said the suspect stabbed the victim in the stomach and kicked him before driving away.

California Highway Patrol said that the suspect is in his mid-30s, with tan skin, short hair and full-sleeve tattoos, and fled north in his gold brown sedan on Highway 87.

The victim was transported to a local hospital.

The agency has no additional information at this time.

Anyone with information regarding the stabbing can call the California Highway Patrol’s Investigation Tipline at 707-917-4491 or email at 30media@chp.ca.gov

Gwendolyn Wu is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: gwendolyn.wu@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @gwendolynawu