Road rage driver strikes motorist over the head with rock after collision

A man was seemingly struck in the head with a rock during a road-rage fuelled scuffle in a Coventry suburb.

The incident erupted in Lower Ford Street, Hillfields, after a Mercedes driver was rear-ended by an SUV while turning out from a junction towards a roundabout.

As the Mercedes motorist took photographs of the damage, the other driver stepped out of his vehicle to confront him, eyewitnesses claim.

Footage shows the two men throwing punches for several minutes even as pedestrians walk past and spectators gather.

Ending up on the other side of the road, the Mercedes driver hit the other motorist over the head with a rock.

The video then shows the motorist getting back behind the wheel of his car only to ram directly into the side of the Mercedes and crash into some shrubbery.

The SUV driver is wearing beige and a man wearing white appears to be the owner of a Mercedes (Picture: SWNS)

The pair scuffled for several minutes (Picture: SWNS)

‘Road rage,’ the person filming the incident says after a bystander asks what is happening.

The two men then clash again before returning to their vehicles as the video ends.

The filmer, who wished to remain anonymous, said: ‘I saw the Mercedes come out from that junction even though it was not his right of way.

‘The other guy in the car behind him was beeping so the Mercedes did an emergency break and the guy behind went straight into the back of him.

‘I didn’t film it, but the other man was trying to run the Mercedes driver over at first as he got out of the car to take pictures for insurance.

‘When he couldn’t hit him that’s when he drove straight into the side of the Mercedes.

The authorities confirmed a man has been arrested (Picture: SWNS)

‘I was just really shocked, to be honest. It looked like a movie scene. There was lots of blood.’

The police said: ‘Officers arrived to reports of a collision in Lower Ford Street, Coventry, at around 7pm on Wednesday (May 29) involving two vehicles.

‘Following the collision, a disorder broke out.

‘One man was arrested on suspicion of affray and has since been bailed while the investigation is ongoing.’

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