Molalla 'road rage' at dangerous stretch sends one to hospital, one to jail
MOLALLA, Ore. – Neighbors say it's a raceway for drivers who have a "need for speed." Now one man's attempt to get someone to slow down has turned into road rage, and this popular cutoff outside Molalla is a crime scene.
The cutoff is on South Vaughn Road just off State Highway 211. People use the road to get around the 25 mile-per-hour speed zones through Molalla, and many put the pedal to the metal.
The speeds here are easily more than 60 miles per hour, and neighbors say it's a risk – every time they step out on to South Vaughn Road.
One neighbor dared to tempt fate to repair a neighbor's fence Friday, when yet another "South Vaughn Road speeder" came barreling by.
"He was going in excess of 80 miles per hour," said the neighbor. "I mean he almost wrecked the truck when he came through the ditch. That's why I waved at him to slow down."
But the neighbor, who wants his identity protected so we'll call him "Bill," never expected what came next. He said the driver, 35-year-old Brian Scott Maloy, attacked him. Bill said Maloy beat him for "what seemed like an eternity," even after his right knee was blown out.
"The barrages of blows and kicks started," he said. "It felt like forever, but it was probably five or 10 minutes of me taking blows."
A neighbor, who also asked that we not show his face, said he just wants drivers to use common sense.
"Fifty-five [miles per hour] is one thing; 80 is something completely different," said this other Vaughn Road neighbor. "There are people who use this as a drag strip all the time. It's really a hazardous situation."
A check of Maloy's criminal background shows trouble behind the wheel and with his temper before: careless driving, multiple counts of driving with a suspended license, criminal mischief, no insurance, reckless driving, DUI and assault.
There was no one at Maloy's home, but a friend who lives next door said these new allegations against him are totally out of character for a guy he describes as quiet.
"He's always been a really good guy with us," said Kevin Ball, Maloy's neighbor.
Maloy was jailed and later released on charges of assault and criminal strangulation.
Meanwhile, this incident could cost his victim a job offer because Bill's knee injury would make him unemployable.
Photo of Brian Scott Maloy, provided by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office:
