The truck driver
who rammed into Styles P and broke the rapper’s leg during a traffic incident
in upstate New York last week has apologized for the incident and said he didn’t
mean to cause the rapper harm. According
to police, Styles P. was driving his 2003 Mercedes-Benz on Saw Mill River Road
on Saturday, Dec. 23 when he was cut off John Henson, 50. Styles
P., born David Styles, allegedly followed Henson, got out of his vehicle and threw
napkins at the window. As
got back in his car, the truck smashed him. Henson
appeared in an upstate New York court yesterday (Jan. 2) and explained that the
incident was an accident. He
explained that he attempted to drive away after the rapper threw the napkins,
began screaming and reached into his coat. "I
didn’t know if he had a gun or something else he was going to throw at me,"
Henson told The Journal News. "I feared for my safety, so I tried
to get around him on the left side. I guess I was a foot off. I was all shook
up."Henson
said that he wasn’t familiar with Style’s P. or rap music in general, but he did
express respect for the genre. Styles
P. was treated at a local hospital and released. Henson,
a divorced father of five, spent Christmas in prison. He posted $1500 bail, but
has since been suspended from his trucking job. He
also said that he is in danger of losing his house in Connecticut, because he
can no longer keep up the mortgage payments. Henson’s
next court date is Jan. 26.
