One man was hospitalized and authorities are searching for a suspect after a road rage incident led to a shootout on Interstate 75 in Broward County Thursday night.
Florida Highway Patrol officials said the incident happened shortly after 7 p.m. and began when the driver of a Hyundai Sonata and the driver of a Ford F-150 were involved in a road rage incident in Pembroke Pines.
The altercation continued onto I-75 and escalated when the driver of the F-150 pulled alongside the Sonata and shot multiple rounds into the car, FHP officials said.
The 32-year-old driver of the Sonata was shot in the thigh but returned fire at the F-150, which fled the scene, officials said.
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The Sonata driver exited at Royal Palm Boulevard and called authorities, before he was brought to to Broward General Hospital in stable condition.
Authorities are searching for the F-150 driver and are asking anyone with information to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.
