'I don't really know why I did it'

By Jean Cole
jean@athensnews-courier.com

June 29, 2009 08:18 pm

— A fit of road rage apparently prompted an Athens man to stop his truck on Nick Davis Road, throw it in reverse and ram the car behind him.
Florian Buss, 20, of 24487 Wagon Trail had two explanations for Limestone County Sheriff’s deputies — “I was already upset about a disagreement I was in” and “I don’t really know why I did it,” said Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt.
“I would consider it road rage,” McNatt said.
A woman motorist told deputies she was driving along Nick Davis Road between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday near Forest Hill Drive when Buss passed her car, McNatt said. She honked her horn at Buss, though the report did not mention why she honked.
“When the guy got around her, he stopped in the middle of the road, which made the victim have to stop,” McNatt said. “When she did, he put his truck in reverse and struck her vehicle. ”
Buss was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment, because there were three people in the car, and with first-degree criminal mischief, McNatt said.
He was released Sunday from the Limestone County Jail after posting a $5,500 bond.