Man jailed for alleged I-25 road rage

A Longmont man was jailed Sunday and a 69-year-old motorcycle rider was hospitalized after a reported road rage incident on Interstate 25.

Colorado State Patrol troopers were dispatched about 1:45 p.m. Sunday on a report of a crash involving a motorcycle on northbound I-25 at mile marker 257, near the U.S. Highway 34 exit. There, troopers contacted Michael Suzanne Jr., 31, who said he was in a road rage incident with two motorcyclists.

"Suzanne admitted to swerving toward motorcycles and pulling his emergency brake, causing the motorcycle to strike his car," troopers wrote in the man's arrest affidavit. He then got out of his car and became involved in an altercation with a 69-year-old man. That man was ultimately thrown to the ground and suffered a broken arm, troopers said.

Suzanne was arrested on suspicion of felony second-degree assault as well as reckless driving. He is next due in court on Friday.

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