No charges yet in Currituck road-rage stabbing

Published 11:52 am Monday, July 16, 2018

A highway scuffle that began near the Virginia state line ended in a fight, stabbing and crash in a Currituck neighborhood last week.

The incident started in Virginia the afternoon of July 10, when two vehicles were involved in a “roadway incident,” Currituck County Sheriff Matthew Beickert said in a news release. Currituck authorities then received a call around 1:50 p.m. regarding a vehicle collision, fight and stabbing in the North Point subdivision.

Investigating deputies found that the two vehicles involved in the Virginia incident, a van and a white truck, pulled into the Border Station at the state line and got into a verbal altercation, the news release said. The van left the parking lot and headed into the North Point subdivision in Moyock followed by the white truck and another vehicle, a black truck, that wasn’t involved.

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The drivers of the two pursuing vehicles confronted the van occupants and one person was stabbed, the release said.

“Residents in the community intervened to assist, which was a tremendous help to this terrible situation,” the sheriff’s release said. “All responders are very appreciative of their actions.”

At the same time, there was a vehicle collision related to the incident, which was investigated by North Carolina Highway Patrol.

No charges have yet been filed in the case and the investigation continues.