Police in suburban Des Plaines were searching for a bicyclist who stabbed a driver during a road rage incident on Friday afternoon, authorities said.

DES PLAINES, Ill. — A 53-year-old Skokie man is recovering after police say he and an unidentified bicyclist were involved in a road rage incident, which resulted in a stabbing.

A 53-year-old Skokie man told police that he and a man on a bicycle got into a dispute as he drove westbound on Miner Street through downtown around noon. That’s when he says the cyclist started punching him and then slashed him several times.

Police said the bicyclist and driver exchanged words when the driver saw the bicyclist going the wrong way down Miner Street, and the bicyclist ended up stabbing the driver.

A driver and bicyclist got into a heated argument before the bicyclist attacked the driver with a knife, according to authorities. On October 11, around 12:15 p.m., officials responded to the 1500 block of Miner Street to a Skokie man suffering stab wounds to his left arm.