A Pennsylvania woman narrowly escaped death after a driver allegedly opened fire on her car in a sudden highway road rage attack all because she passed him on the road.
Police say 41-year-old Christopher Corbi was arrested within minutes of the shooting Monday evening on the Newtown Bypass in Bucks County. He now faces multiple felony charges including attempted murder, aggravated assault, and propulsion of missiles into an occupied vehicle.
According to Newtown Township police, officers responded just after 6:30 p.m. to reports of shots fired near Woodbourne Road. When they arrived, they found Kathryn Runner suffering from a gunshot wound to her left wrist.
Runner told WPVI-TV she had been driving behind a slow-moving car and decided to pass it as other drivers had.
“I had no road rage,” she said. “I didn’t, like, honk at him, I didn’t flip him the bird. I didn’t do anything to him. What gets me is a lot of cars passed him. What made him choose me?”
As she overtook the vehicle, Runner noticed something flash in the corner of her eye. “I saw the barrel of the gun and then my window popped and then I saw the hole,” she recalled.
Despite being under fire, the 27-year-old quickly called 911 while following the suspect to capture his license plate number. Corbi allegedly swerved onto another road and fired two more shots, one of which struck her hand.
“I definitely was screaming at the 911 operator that he’s shooting at me,” Runner said.
Police tracked the suspect using the description provided by the victim and arrested him shortly after the attack. Officers recovered a firearm from his vehicle. Corbi is being held without bond at the Bucks County Jail, and his next court appearance is set for November 6.
Runner, who received stitches at a local hospital, said she is “thankful to be alive.” The terrifying ordeal has sparked fresh conversations about highway safety, gun violence prevention, and road rage incidents in the U.S.
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