By Jim Clark

A Somerville man was attacked with a knife on Marshall St. last week by an enraged motorist who was allegedly bothered by the victim’s temporary holdup of through traffic as he attempted to back his vehicle into his driveway.

Police arrived at the scene of the incident as the victim was being prepared for transport to the hospital by ambulance. The victim reportedly suffered severe cuts to his right arm. Prior to being taken to the hospital, the victim was able to give a short report of the incident to the responding officers.

The victim reportedly told police that he had some trouble backing his truck into his driveway and that several cars had been held up in traffic as a result of this.

The driver of one of the stalled cars, later identified as David Smith, 52, reportedly began beeping his horn and shouting obscenities at the victim.

After enduring the verbal abuse for a certain period of time, the victim reportedly approached Smith’s vehicle to explain to him that he was having trouble getting his truck into the driveway and that he wished he would be more patient with the situation.

At that point in time, the victim reported that Smith grabbed a knife from his car’s back seat area and exited the vehicle, making attempts to stab him.

The victim reportedly managed to fend off the attack momentarily, but eventually stumbled to the ground, whereupon Smith allegedly stabbed him in the arm.

According to reports, witnesses on the scene intervened and one of them wrestled the knife away from Smith, throwing it out of his reach.

Smith reportedly fled the scene in his car, but witnesses were able to take down the vehicle’s license plate number, which they furnished to police.

Smith was soon tracked down to his home, where he was reportedly found outside, reportedly holding a blood stained hoodie.

Smith was placed under arrest and charged with assault to murder.