FARMINGDALE, New York – A Uniondale man left his young child in the car so he could attack another driver on a Long Island parkway Sunday afternoon, police said.

Around 2 p.m., New York State Police operators in Farmingdale got reports of an assault on the Meadowbrook State Parkway near Hempstead Turnpike.

Witnesses said a man driving a red Lexus forced a Nissan off the road, got out of his car and punched the driver of the Nissan in the face. The 911 callers were able to give police the license plate number of the Lexus, which they traced to 28-year-old Rouson Hinton, of Uniondale.

After running the plate numbers with the DMV, troopers drove to Hinton’s address in time to be there when the red Lexus arrived. Hinton was placed under arrest as soon as he stepped out of the car.

Police also discovered that Hinton had been driving his 2-year-old child when he allegedly attacked the other driver.

A trooper from the Lake Success Barracks responding to the call found the victim still there, suffering from multiple broken bones in in the face and a broken jaw. He was taken to Winthrop Hospital for treatment.

Rouson faces charges of felony assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was held pending arraignment in Nassau County First District Court.