Browns cornerback Justin Gilbert crashed his Dodge Challenger into a drainage ditch in Brunswick following a road rage incident Friday afternoon but was unharmed, according to police.
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Gilbert was cited for lack of reasonable control. There was no alcohol involved, said Sgt. Robert Safran. The incident originated on I-71 south in Middleburg Heights and involved a 55-year-old Parma man in a Ford Mustang, Safran said.
One car cut the other off and “they exchanged middle finger gestures,” Safran said. At a stop, Gilbert tossed a paper cup with tobacco juice out the window and it landed on the other man’s windshield. The man in the Mustang then chased Gilbert in the Challenger on I-71. They exited on Rt. 303 and raced to W. 130th St., where Gilbert lost control northbound in a drainage ditch.
Both drivers called 911. After interviewing both drivers, Gilbert was cited for lack of reasonable control and the Parma man for disorderly conduct for chasing Gilbert’s vehicle.
Safran said several calls were made by witnesses who said the man in the Mustang was “driving like a maniac.”
Both drivers were given dates in Brunswick mayor’s court. The citations are waverable and neither driver has to appear in court.
