Good Samaritans come to aid of Pirates catcher during road rage incident

It's hard to imagine what Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Chris Snyder(notes) must have been feeling on Wednesday.Placed on the disabled list with a herniated disk last week, the 30-year-old just underwent a back surgery that has severely limited his movement.The procedure was so recent, in fact, that it prevented him from helping his wife Carla as she was attacked during a road rage incident in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.Talk about a tough spot to be in: Carla was driving Chris and their two children in a car in Pittsburgh when she almost collided with a man on a motor scooter. Police later identified that man as 44-year-old Subhash Arjanbhi Modhwadia.

Police allege that Modhwadia was so enraged that he followed the couple's car to a nearby gas station. It was there that he threw his scooter in front of the car before kicking and scratching at the automobile. Luckily two Good Samaritans — an off-duty police officer plus a former high school wrestler and volunteer firefighter named Joe Changle — were able to intervene and subdue Modhwadia before he could injure Carla Snyder or anyone else.