A manhunt is underway for a motorbike rider who allegedly set a teenage driver alight during a road rage incident in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Police claim the altercation took place after two vehicles narrowly avoided crashing into each other on Narina Way in Epping about 8pm on Thursday.
Victoria Police is investigating.Credit:The Age
Officers allege the motorbike rider followed the driver to a nearby home, doused his car with flammable liquid, lit a rag and threw it at the driver as he was trying to leave, causing his clothes to catch fire.
The driver, a 19-year-old man from Lalor, suffered minor burns and was taken to hospital for treatment.
The motorbike rider fled the scene after a neighbour from a nearby property came out onto the street.
The assailant remains on the run and police are investigating.
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