Yikes…
Former North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn (R) was alleged by a witness to have crashed his vehicle into a Florida Highway Patrol car on Monday.
Alethea Shapiro wrote on X that she was traveling southbound in the left lane on Interstate 75 towards Miami when an aggressive driver in a black Mercedes began tailgating her.
“I accelerated ahead and moved to the right lane in front of a tractor trailer to let the car by,” Shapiro said. “[Five] minutes later, the highway comes to a complete stop, I swerve to the side so no one rear ends me and slow to a halt.
“Suddenly, the car door opens and a man in a wheelchair rolls out,” she continued. “At the same moment, I have to navigate around his car and I look ahead to see the officer exiting from his rear-ended vehicle holding his neck in the left lane as well.”
Shapiro identified Cawthorn as the driver and shared a video that purports to show him conversing with the state trooper.
“I pulled over to the right shoulder lane and stopped to ask if everyone was ok and to offer assistance. I couldn’t believe my eyes. It occurred to me that former CONGRESSMAN CAWTHORNE [sic] from NC was the black CAR that stormed by me in an angry road rage tantrum,” Shapiro wrote.
Fox News reported that according to Florida Highway Patrol, at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Monday, an FHP state trooper vehicle was rear-ended on I-75, at mile marker 60, in a construction zone in Collier County. The other vehicle was a 2021 Mercedes driven by a 28-year-old man from Cape Coral, Florida.
“The state trooper sustained minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital,” Lt. Greg Bueno said in a statement.
The driver of the Mercedes was cited for violating Florida’s Move Over Law.
Cawthorn lost the 2022 Republican primary to Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) who went on to win in the general election.
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