A preliminary hearing for the man charged in the road rage death on Route 61 in April didn’t happen because he didn’t have an attorney.

Magisterial District Judge James R. Ferrier said a new date has not been scheduled for Tamiir Ion Whitted, 29, Pottsville. The hearing was to occur at 10 a.m.

Whitted remains in Schuylkill County Prison for the stabbing death of George Marcincin of Orwigsburg, on April 12 on Route 61 and north of Brick Hill Road, West Brunswick Township.

Whitted is charged with first and third-degree murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, fleeing and attempting to elude and officer, resisting arrest, possessing an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person.

Police were dispatched to the area when a witness called Schuylkill County Communications Center and said that she was watching the two men fight in the road. She saw Whitted stab Marcincin several times during the attack. The woman said it appeared Marcincin was attempting to defend himself while Whitted seemed to be the aggressor. She noticed Whitted had a knife, which she said he used repeatedly to stab Marcincin even as he fell to the ground.

Other witnesses said the two “seemed to be racing one another and cutting each other off for several miles in the southbound lanes of Route 61.”

Witnesses said Whitted stopped his vehicle across both lanes in front of the victim’s vehicle to prevent him from driving.

He was apprehended while resisting arrest on Route 61 near the intersection with Chestnut Ridge Drive. A Taser was used to gain compliance.