Thane Grauel

tgrauel@lohud.com

An Orange County man was arrested Wednesday in what state police called a road-rage assault on a New York State Thruway exit ramp in Clarkstown.

David E. Desantis, 42, of Warwick, was charged with third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing, misdemeanors.

State police said that at 8:08 a.m. Monday they received reports of a fight on an Exit 14 off-ramp in Clarkstown. Arriving troopers found a 52-year-old man who said he had been assaulted by another motorist. Witnesses provided a description on the other man and the plate of his vehicle.

State police said Desantis surrendered at the Troop T barracks. He is to appear Dec. 3 in Clarkstown Town Court.