Charges of second degree assault and driving while under the influence have been leveled against a West Seattle man for an April 25 hit and run incident where the man told police he was drunk and hallucinating.

James A. Ahlgren, 68, allegedly rammed into a 24-year-old woman’s vehicle three times on the Ship Canal Bridge (southbound on I-5) before she exited on Union Street and confronted Ahlgren, to which he responded, “This is a warning for your boyfriend, I will kill him,” according to King County prosecuting attorney’s charging documents.

The woman did not know Ahlgren, according to documents.

The police report from the incident states that Ahlgren fled the scene in his older yellow Chevy pickup after the brief conversation and the woman immediately called 911.

The woman’s four door sedan had visible scratches on the bumper, but she was uninjured by the collisions, according to the police report.

Washington State Patrol responded to Ahlgren’s home in West Seattle and “immediately noticed a strong and obvious odor of intoxicants permeating from Ahlgren’s person.”

He was placed under arrest for hit and run and DUI at that time, according to charging documents.

Later on April 25, after being cited and released, Ahlgren left a message with a responding WSP trooper stating that he had no recollection of the collisions, admitted to being a “stone cold alcoholic” and that “his mind was numb with alcohol and he was hallucinating.”

Ahlgren’s arraignment is set for Dec. 1.