Integrated dashcam records suspected aggression in traffic and helps the police to quickly catch the suspect

LEHI, Utah (ABC4) — Over the weekend, a Utah man and his wife were struck from behind by a truck in traffic in what he called a “hit-and-run and aggressive driving incident.”

Kyle Rummens and his wife were in their car when a truck rear-ended them and forced them through the intersection, Rummens said on social media Saturday.

“At first I thought, ‘I wonder if this guy hit us by accident,’ but then he just kept pushing,” Rummens told ABC4.com on Monday. “That’s when I started to get scared, like my wife was with me.”

Rummens told his social media followers that there was a car in front of him in traffic, which might explain why he was slowing down. Rummens said his wife called 911 after the incident, and he and his wife were both shaking afterward.

“To be honest, I’m quite glad he left because that way I didn’t have to come up with any of those scenarios. We can deal with it later and not get lost in a, well, high-intensity exchange of blows,” Rummens said.

Sgt. Smith with the Lehi City Police Department said the first call officers responded to was a hit-and-run case.

The cameras installed in the car – a Tesla – captured the accident from several angles, the other driver leaving the scene and the suspect’s license plate.

Smith said officers identified the driver by license plate number and later spoke with him. Police said at this time it does not appear the accident was intentional, but the driver has been issued a citation for leaving the scene of an accident.

“I thought it might be a simple incident of driving aggression, but when he started pushing and kept pushing our car, my wife and I both became scared,” Rummens said.

Smith said police are still investigating and more charges may be filed.