Pair are held after man is beaten unconscious

A man and woman were arrested after another man was beaten unconscious with a 2-foot steel pipe in what police described Tuesday as a road rage assault.

Officers called to Adams Avenue and East Mesa Verde Drive about 5:25 p.m. Monday discovered that Marco Rodriguez, 28, of Westminster had allegedly taken the pipe from his trunk and struck the other man, whose name was not released.

Rodriguez and his passenger, Mary Marin, 22, of Costa Mesa, were arrested at the scene and booked at the city’s jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, authorities said.

The victim was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, and Marin was later released on $25,000 bond, police Sgt. Greg Scott said. The cause of the incident was under investigation, he said.