WCWA-AM Radio host Troy Neff points to Holiday Lane in Perrysburg Township, where, on Wednesday, he said he got into an argument with another driver that turned physical and became bloody.
Troy Neff admitted yesterday that his temper might have contributed to getting him into trouble two times within a 24-hour period. He was involved in a road-rage incident Wednesday night in Perrysburg Township that left him with three stab wounds – and yesterday afternoon his radio show was canceled after he sent a profane e-mail to a program director.
Mr. Neff, 40, a local radio personality, is recovering with a swollen left hand , including a cut just below the thumb, a jagged wound along his left tricep, and a stab wound on his shoulder blade from the road-rage incident.
A Tennessee man was arrested and charged with assault.”I know that I’ll probably be criticized and maybe rightly so for getting out of my vehicle, but it is what it is,” Mr. Neff said.
Mr. Neff said he doesn’t feel as if he instigated the altercation, but he did contribute to it and is not the type of person to back down.
He was driving on Holiday Lane about 6:15 p.m., returning to his financial planning office, Advanced Retirement Solutions, at the end of the cul-de-sac for a 7 p.m. appointment with a client when he saw a car pulling out of a parking lot at the end of the curve.
He hit his brakes and honked his horn because he had the right-of-way, he said. The other driver, identified by police as Jeffrey Hardeman, 42, of Knoxville, Tenn., then blew his horn, Mr. Neff said. Words were exchanged and Mr. Neff got out of his car and threw his watch, ready for an altercation.
The man got out of his vehicle and pu
