08-09-2023, 12:20 PM
Lucia is my neighbor who is awaiting BB approval. I'm sharing a statement from her now in the interim before this gets more out of hand. I do not condone violence nor this ganging up on a community member without hearing from them directly. I think it's highly inappropriate to share personal information like someone's address. I trust the involved parties to handle this.
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From Lucia:
“As a passenger in the vehicle in question, I would like to share my side of the story. We attempted to pass Daniel in the passing lane east of town. The lane was clear, and we were following all traffic laws. As we began to overtake Daniel, he swerved into our lane and ran us into the shoulder. I screamed because I thought he was going to crash into my passenger-side door and/or run us over the embankment into the creek. My husband quickly pulled around him and into the opposite shoulder. He stopped our vehicle to allow Daniel to go on, as I was quite shaken. Instead Daniel pulled up behind us and stopped. My husband is an active duty Green Beret and combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan. If you know anything about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, driving was one of the most dangerous parts for our troops. Many were maimed or killed by roadside IEDs and ambushes. Whether right or wrong in the civilian world, my husband reacted on instinct, as he has been trained to do, to the known threat of being run off the road and to the unknown threat of the same vehicle stopping behind us.
We have also contacted the police and in doing so have taken responsibility for our side of the equation.”
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From Lucia:
“As a passenger in the vehicle in question, I would like to share my side of the story. We attempted to pass Daniel in the passing lane east of town. The lane was clear, and we were following all traffic laws. As we began to overtake Daniel, he swerved into our lane and ran us into the shoulder. I screamed because I thought he was going to crash into my passenger-side door and/or run us over the embankment into the creek. My husband quickly pulled around him and into the opposite shoulder. He stopped our vehicle to allow Daniel to go on, as I was quite shaken. Instead Daniel pulled up behind us and stopped. My husband is an active duty Green Beret and combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan. If you know anything about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, driving was one of the most dangerous parts for our troops. Many were maimed or killed by roadside IEDs and ambushes. Whether right or wrong in the civilian world, my husband reacted on instinct, as he has been trained to do, to the known threat of being run off the road and to the unknown threat of the same vehicle stopping behind us.
We have also contacted the police and in doing so have taken responsibility for our side of the equation.”