Man with road rage tried to pull 90-year-old from car, police say

Police are investigating a road rage incident in which a motorist tried to pull a 90-year-old man out of his car.

Police responded to a hit-and-run accident near the Hy-Vee at 1556 First Ave. NE just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to the police report, Richard Mackey, 90, was pulling out of the store parking lot onto 16th Street NE when he struck a northbound car.

Witnesses said the male driver of the other car got out and began to pull Mackey out of his vehicle. When the witnesses approached, the man began to “square off” with them, as if to fight them, police said.

When the witnesses mentioned that the police had been called, the man got back into his car and drove away, police said. Mackey was not injured.

The man is described as a white male with a thin build, about 5-foot-11, with a small beard and a mustache. He was driving a 1995 Ford Contour. Anyone with additional information is asked to call police at (319) 286-5491.