A Lewisville man got himself killed in a road-rage incident that he apparently started by repeately ramming another vehicle:

“It started as an apparent road rage incident,” Officer Burson said. “A man told us he was stopped at a red light at Dallas Drive and Teasley Lane. He said the Jeep showed up in the next lane and sped off toward the interstate. He was in the right lane and moved to the left lane and got in behind the Jeep so he could enter the interstate. The Jeep driver slammed on his brakes, and he took evasive action to avoid colliding. The other driver said he wound up in front of the Jeep.”

The Jeep driver sped up and rammed his car repeatedly on the interstate, the other driver told police.

“He took the exit by Tia’s [Tex-Mex restaurant] and the Jeep rammed him with enough force that their bumpers locked up,” Officer Burson said. “He was trying to brake, and the Jeep was pushing him. He accelerated and broke loose.”

The vehicles moved southbound on the service road in front of the Black-Eyed Pea restaurant, the officer said.

“He felt that the Jeep was ready to ram him again. He slammed on his brakes. The Jeep tried to sideswipe him, missed, and went into the ditch The Jeep went airborne and hit Frenchy’s van head-on,” Officer Burson said.

For those not from the Denton area, Frenchy’s is a local lawn service company which uses big orange vans.  They frequently leave the vans in various parking lots across town as advertisements.