A driver has been charged after allegedly threatening another driver with a samurai sword and baseball bat during a road rage incident on the state\u2019s Central Coast yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 3pm (Wednesday 26 August 2026), police were called to the Doyalson Link Road, Doyalson, after reports of a road rage incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District attended and found that the driver of a Subaru sedan \u2013 a 67-year-old man \u2013 had allegedly been assaulted by the 20-year-old driver of a Toyota utility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police were told that during the incident the 20-year-old man allegedly threatened the 67-year-old with a samurai sword before assaulting the older man with a baseball bat and leaving the scene prior to police arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 67-year-old was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics for a serious arm injury before being taken to hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following investigations, police attended a home on Murchison Close, Blue Haven, about 3.35pm the same day, where they arrested the 20-year-old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with:
Predatory driving
Reckless wounding
Armed with intent to commit indictable offence
Drive motor vehicle menaces another with intent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 20-year-old was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 6 today (Thursday 27 August 2026).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A driver has been charged after allegedly threatening another driver with a samurai sword and baseball bat during a road rage incident on the state\u2019s Central Coast yesterday. About 3pm (Wednesday 26 August 2026), police were called to the Doyalson Link Road, Doyalson, after reports of a road rage incident. Officers attached to Tuggerah Lakes … Continue reading “Driver charged after allegedly using samurai sword and baseball bat during road rage incident \u2013 Doyalson”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40579,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40578\/revisions\/40579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}