Road Rage Incident Led To Fatal Shooting In Houston

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A woman opened fire after she said a man attacked her f...A woman opened fire after she said a man attacked her following a minor car accident. (WFAA).

A Texas woman on her way to work fatally shot another motorist she said attacked her after a minor collision in northwest Harris County near Houston, officials said. The incident is yet another tragic example of road rage that has been rising in the U.S.

Crystal Scott, 23, pulled into a Shell station about 7:20 a.m. Monday with the intention of exchanging insurance information with the other driver, officials said.

But then, the man got out of his pickup and rantoward Scott. He was yelling and hitting her car while she was still inside, she told investigators.

"He was attempting to open (Scott's) car door while striking the driver's side window," said Thomas Gilliland, a Harris County sheriff's deputy, reported the Houston Chronicle.

Scott grabbed a pistol and fired, striking the man in the chest.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.

Last month, a New Hampshire woman, Carissa Williams, was sentenced to seven years in prison for a road rage incident that took place earlier in the year. Williams used a stun gun to zap a pregnant woman in the thigh. Williams, 24, had yelled at Corinne LeClair-Holler, 29, to get off the phone while driving. Eight miles later, when the two cars reached a