Centerville man convicted in road rage injuries
A 21-year-old Centerville man has pleaded guilty in a road rage confrontation that seriously injured a woman.
John Thomas Babcook was convicted Wednesday of first-degree assault in the May 20 confrontation outside Maplewood's Hill-Murray School.
He allegedly followed her car into the school's parking lot, rammed it several times, then deliberately ran her down at high speed after she got out.
The 23-year-old woman sustained numerous spinal fractures, a head laceration and multiple soft-tissue injuries.
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Babcook later turned himself in. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported he will be sentenced Sept. 17.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press
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