MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee mother is demanding answers after a road rage incident she says left her 5-year-old daughter, who has autism, traumatized, while the man accused of attacking them is not facing criminal charges.

The incident happened May 18 near Silver Spring Drive and Lovers Lane Road.

Reason Hill said she was on her way to a hair appointment with her daughter when traffic in a turn lane prevented her from moving forward, despite a green light. She said a man driving a truck behind her became enraged. 

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“He’s screaming, telling me to go because the light is green,” Hill said. “I’m telling him I can’t go. He gets out, breaks my windshield wiper off. I got out of the car and asked him why he would break my windshield wiper, and he threw it at me.”

Hill said the confrontation escalated when the man used a tire iron to shatter her vehicle’s rear window.

“He tells me, 'B****, I said go,' and he punches the window,” she said. “Shattered my window glass and it flew in the car with my daughter, she’s screaming.”

According to Hill, the man also threatened her and directed racial slurs at her.

“He said, 'I hate you n*****. All you n***** stick together,' and he was threatening my life,” Hill said.

Milwaukee police said a 31-year-old man was arrested following the incident. Investigators referred criminal charges to the Milwaukee Police Department, but prosecutors declined to issue charges.

When asked why charges were not filed, the district attorney’s office said, “Our office could not prove the elements of the referred crime beyond a reasonable doubt at this time.”

Hill said the decision has left her concerned for her family’s safety and frustrated that charges were not filed.

“You have to take responsibility for what you did,” she said. “Not only did you put my child in danger, you traumatized her. She doesn't want to ride in the car; she’s constantly looking out the back window.”

“I don’t know if I’m going to see this man again with just getting a ticket,” she said. “I could see you anywhere and you may want to react. I don’t feel there’s a lesson being learned with just a ticket, it's going to happen again.”

CBS 58 reached out to Milwaukee police who says the man was not charged or cited.

Hill said she plans to continue seeking accountability and wants the man to face a judge. She also said she is exploring therapy options to help her daughter cope with the trauma from the incident.