Man pulls out a handgun during a road rage incident

LYON COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – A man and a female got into an altercation after the male driver disagreed with how the female driver was driving.

According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday October 30, they were dispatched to the Eddyville Mall in Lyon County.

After arrival and investigation deputies learned a female, identified as Carol L. Padgett age 56, of Kuttawa was previously in the parking lot of the school district during a student drop-off period when she drove around a stopped vehicle at the Elementary School and continued to the Middle School to drop off a student.

A male, identified as Thomas B. Lewis age 38 of Kuttawa pulled up in his vehicle beside Padgetts vehicle while she was at the Middle School and voiced his displeasure with her driving in the school parking lot.

This led to a heated exchange between the two drivers resulting in both vehicles leaving the parking lot with both operators driving in a careless manner.

A road rage incident then continued between the drivers after they left the school parking lot and continued onto US 62 with both operators driving recklessly before they both stopped in the Eddyville Mall parking lot.

Padgett exited her vehicle with her phone pointing at Lewis while cursing and recording him.

Lewis exited his vehicle and pointed a handgun at Padgett, telling her to back up.

Lyon County Sheriff Brent White arrived shortly thereafter and detained both drivers.

Both drivers face charges of Disorderly Conduct-2nd Degree and Careless Driving.

Both face November court appearances in Lyon District Court.

The investigation is ongoing.