A truck driver is in the hospital Monday night after he was allegedly struck with a hammer during a road rage attack on a Massachusetts highway.
Massachusetts State Police said the tractor-trailer driver suffered serious injuries in the attack, which happened in the breakdown lane on 495 in Bolton. He was taken to Leominster Hospital for treatment.
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Details on what led up to the attack were not immediately clear, but police said the driver was attacked by two men riding in a Volkswagen GTI hatchback. The attackers fled before police arrived.
Two suspects were later arrested after the Volkswagen was spotted in Marlborough. A third person in the car, a woman, was not charged. One of the suspects was treated at Marlborough Hospital for injuries.
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Charges are being finalized and neither suspect has been publicly identified at this time, state police said.
