"Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" is a short story by the American author Stephen King.
[3] In 2016, actor Stephen Lang read the short story for NPR's Too Hot for Radio podcast.
[4] Sanderson, a middle-aged man, twice weekly visits his father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
The driver of the truck turns out to be an ex-convict with no license, who has no intention of swapping insurance information with Sanderson.
Sanderson's father, in a rare moment of lucidity, intervenes and kills the driver with a steak knife he stole from the restaurant.