Deaf Man Dies After Florida 'Road Rage' Incident

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf News: Man killed in apparent road rage incident in Coral Springs, Florida was legally Deaf, friends say.



CORAL SPRINGS, FL -- ABC News: Detectives say it's unclear whether charges will be filed. A man who was killed Thursday in an apparent road-rage incident in Coral Springs was legally Deaf and used sign language to communicate, the victim's friend told Local 10 News on Friday.



"He had that disability. He was hearing impaired, but nonetheless he was a very productive member of society. He worked at a job and he had a normal life as best as it could be," family friend and chaplain, Ken McLymont, said.

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Coral Springs police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek said Paul Peterman, 37, of Margate, was airlifted to a hospital after being involved in an altercation with another driver that ended in the area of Atlantic Boulevard and Riverside Drive in Coral Springs.



He was pronounced dead later in the day.



Kmiotek said the other driver, identified as Joshua Tullis, 37, of Coral Springs, fled the scene, but has since contacted detectives.



Kmiotek said he is cooperating with investigators, and it's unclear whether charges will be filed against him.



Authorities have not said how Peterman died, but said that they are still interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence.



Kmiotek said he was not stabbed, nor shot.



Loved ones said Peterman was an Eagle Scout and was involved in theater. He was also a warehouse manager at a professional lighting company and was engaged to be married.



Anyone who witnessed the altercation is asked to call Coral Springs police, or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.



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UPDATE: AUSTIN, TX -- The Daily Moth is a new ASL radio show, delivers news in video using American Sign Language. The Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending news stories into a Deaf man dies in the Florida 'road rage' incident.

Paul Peterman, a 37-year old Deaf man, was killed last Thursday (October 13) in a road rage incident in southern Florida. The other driver is a 37-year old Joshua Tullis, who is a firefighter with the county sheriff's office. The cause of death has not been determined and no charges have been filed, but the investigation is ongoing. Watch The Raw Cell Phone Video. Story at the Daily Moth's Article.



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Deaf Man Crawls For Help After Car Wreck

Deaf News: Injured Deaf man crawls for help following car accident in eastern Idaho.



DOWNEY, ID -- Idaho State Journal: Sheriff's deputies have located a badly injured Deaf man who became stranded after crashing his car near this southern Bannock County town.



Around 12:20 a.m. Thursday the Bannock County Sheriff's Office confirmed that deputies had found the 50-year-old Downey man on Highway 91 near Red Rock Rock. The man had reportedly crawled over a mile from the scene of the crash to Highway 91 in an attempt to find help.



The Sheriff's Office was not sure where exactly the Deaf man had crashed his car. The man was still being treated at the scene of the crash as of 12:20 a.m. Thursday but he was about to be transported via ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.



Reports indicated the man suffered multiple injuries in the crash and long crawl to Highway 91 but the Sheriff's Office said he's expected to survive.



The incident began to unfold around 11 p.m. Wednesday when the man texted his Mormon bishop stating that he had crashed his car and was badly hurt and stranded. The man did not say in his text where the crash occurred and contact could not be re-established, so the bishop called the Bannock County Sheriff's Office and deputies were dispatched to find the man.



The Sheriff's Office tried to call the man but he did not answer his cell phone. Authorities then attempted to locate the man by pinging a signal off his cell phone.



That effort revealed he was within 10,000 meters of Highway 91 between Downey and Preston not very exact coordinates.



Deputies then began searching all the roads along the Highway 91 corridor in southern Bannock County, eventually finding the man crawling on the highway about six miles southeast of Downey.



The man's identity has not yet been released.



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