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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (BFMG) — A Florida man is facing an attempted murder charge after a road rage incident that ended with a stabbing Friday evening in the Conway area, according to the Horry County Police Department.
Ryan Alexander Fertel, 49, of Atlantic Beach, Florida, is being held at J. Reuben Long Detention Center on a $50,000 bond. The incident happened just after 7 p.m. Friday in the 900 block of Poinsettia Drive.
According to an arrest warrant, a road rage encounter between Fertel and the victim began nearby on Highway 544. Fertel allegedly followed the victim to Poinsettia Drive and confronted him.
Fertel then got out of his vehicle and stabbed the victim in the torso and armpit area, the warrant said. Police found the victim in the front yard of a home with life-threatening injuries, according to a case report.
Witnesses told officers that Fertel remained at the scene in his vehicle. He was arrested and taken to a hospital for cuts on his hands before being medically cleared and taken to jail, the warrant said.
No additional information about the victim’s condition was available as of Monday.
