Updated April 23, 2019: Neal Deloatch ​​pleaded no contest to a lesser, misdemeanor charge of assault causing bodily injury Jan. 9, 2019, and was given deferred-adjudication probation, court records show. The case ​​​was dismissed ​earlier this year, the records indicate.

Original article from Nov. 2, 2016:

A Frisco man was arrested after a crash led to a road-rage-fueled pistol-whipping beside the Dallas North Tollway last week, authorities say.

Neal Deloatch

Neal Deloatch, 45, was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show.

Deloatch and another driver were involved in an accident about 6 p.m. Friday on the southbound tollway near Northwest Highway, according to the Department of Public Safety. Details of the crash were not immediately available.

When a trooper arrived, three witnesses told him that Deloatch had pulled a handgun from his waistband, pointed it at the other driver and struck him repeatedly in the face, according to his arrest record.

The other driver also said Deloatch choked him, tried to push him over the concrete divider into oncoming traffic and threatened his life.

"I will kill you and you are dead," the man quoted Deloatch as saying.

By the time the trooper arrived, Deloatch had cleared his weapon and placed it on the ground, according to the report.

Deloatch was arrested at the scene and booked on $25,000 bail. He has since posted bond.