Man stabbed following road rage confrontation

NORTON, Mass. (WLNE) — A case of road rage in Massachusetts ended with an Attleboro man behind bars for stabbing the other driver.

No bail for the man accused of stabbing someone during a violent road rage incident yesterday. The whole thing started in Easton and ended several miles away in Norton.

The victim was actually a huge help to police, able to call 911 himself. The 25 year old victim was able to snap a picture of the suspect’s license plate as he drove off. He gave that to police when he called 911 for help and they arrested Alfred Pond at his house in Attleboro where he admitted to the stabbing.

“I just got stabbed and I don’t know where I am,” Alan Recca desperately told dispatchers when he called 911 Thursday afternoon.

A desperate plea for help, the 25 year old  calling police after being stabbed in the chest, road rage taking a violent turn Thursday afternoon.

“He was bleeding like crazy, blood spurting out,” says Dan Cahill, a witness.

49 year old Alfred Pond was handcuffed and in front of a judge, admitting to police that he did it after a miles long fight, both men getting out of their cars 3 times.

“On the 3rd occasion that occurred in Norton in the area of Plain Street, the defendant stabbed the victim in the chest,” Matthew Lopes, the prosecutor.

Pond drove off and ditched the knife nearby. Recca able to make that call to police and drive until he found a landscape crew to help him.

“He was holding it. He said he let go and it was gushing, spraying blood. So it was pretty bad,” says Cahill.

A picture the victim took of Pond’s license plate was a big help to police, it led them right to his house in Attleboro.

“He did admit to the road rage incident, did admit to stabbing the victim in this case and did lead police to where he had thrown the knife,” says Lopes.

We’re told the victim is in stable condition after surgery last night.

Pond is being held without bail until a dangerousness hearing next week.

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