SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Police are investigating after a driver allegedly took a case of road rage a step farther by flashing a gun at a woman driving her three children.

Metro 911 dispatchers say it happened just before 8 a.m. Tuesday. The victim, who did not want to release her name, says the incident started on Interstate 64 near the South Charleston exit and ended on MacCorkle Avenue.

The victim says the driver was swerving and driving recklessly and kept braking abruptly and then picking up speed. She says she honked her horn at the driver, and that is when the road rage went to another level.

The victim says when both cars stopped at a stoplight, the driver of the other vehicle exited his car.

"Never did I expect this elderly man to get out his car, knock on my window and threaten me and then go and pull his gun out at me, with his three children in the car," she tells WSAZ. "He pulled it out just a little bit just to kind of taunt me with it, and then he put it back in there, and at that point my son and I were like 'whoa, we give'."

Her 17-year-old son was in the front seat and her 2-and 5-year-old sons were also in the car at the time.

"I will make sure that I won't have these moments that I feel helpless again," she said. "I will be able to protect myself next time."

South Charleston Police tell WSAZ they are investigating and have a license plate number that will help them track down the driver to get his side of the story.

The victim says she wants the driver to face charges before another victim gets hurt.

Dispatchers say a similar case of road rage happened on Sunday in Nitro, when a driver flashed a gun at another driver.

The victim wants her story to serve as a learning lesson to everyone. "It's not worth beeping the horn at someone, just because they kept braking or swerving. The best thing to do is just eliminate yourself from that situation the best you can. You don't have to have the last word," she says.