A road-rage confrontation between two motorists in England intensified into a full-blown street brawl, captured on dashcam footage.
According to the Daily Mail, the July 5 incident occurred in the town of Wigan, in the Manchester area of England.
The dashcam recording from a motorist traveling behind a white SUV and a white van captured the moment the SUV driver abruptly cut the van driver off and slammed his van into a grassy area as the two neared a roundabout.
The SUV driver quickly hops out, charges toward the van, and begins striking and kicking the van while shouting at the van driver.
He starts to walk back to his own car, but the van driver exits, approaches him, and starts pummeling him right in view of other motorists as traffic swells.
The van driver, a considerably larger man, drives the SUV driver to the ground and continues to strike him repeatedly.
The motorist filming the incident on his dashcam rushes from his vehicle to intervene and separate the two. The footage shows him standing between the men to avert another clash as both return to their respective vehicles.
As the van driver re-enters his vehicle, the SUV driver motions toward him and returns to his van to deliver a final punch through the driver’s side window as the van speeds away.
“It was shocking to witness something like this because you see it online, but you never expect to be right behind it,” said Darren Waite, the driver who captured the fight on video. “I assumed the van had moved toward the car, but when I watched the footage you can see the car veer over quite violently. The man in the car just charged straight at the van driver and started throwing punches through the window.”
Road rage clashes are commonplace. While many participants in these disputes tend to settle them with their fists, some resort to deadly force.
During an altercation earlier this month in Ontario, California, one motorist stabbed another several times after their quarrel in the street. The victim sustained minor injuries, and the stabbing suspect was arrested and charged.
Another confrontation last week in Indianapolis, Indiana, escalated into a fatal shooting that killed a 29-year-old driver who was struck three times by gunfire. The deceased had only married two weeks prior to the deadly incident.
