Shocking moment a man is run over by a DRIVING INSTRUCTOR in ‘road rage attack’
L-plate teacher accelerates at minicab driver, sending him flying over the bonnet then under the vehicle
L-plate teacher accelerates at minicab driver, sending him flying over the bonnet then under the vehicle
THIS is the shocking moment a cabbie is mown down in the street in a suspected road rage attack by a driving instructor.
Sickening footage shows the victim, understood to be a mini-cab driver, getting out to speak to the driver of an L-plate car and slamming his fist on the bonnet.
The driver of the black Ford Fiesta hatchback, which has driving instructor liveries on the roof, revs the engine and accelerates into the 26-year-old who bounces off the bonnet and underneath the vehicle.
As the victim screams in agony, the instructor charges off, driving across on the other side of the road and speeding away towards oncoming traffic.
A horrified passer-by claims the attacker had also repeatedly punched his victim in the face through the driver's window before the footage starts.
Alan Cooke filmed the disturbing the incident on Thursday in Woolwich, South East London.
The 43-year-old mechanical engineer said: "I was just walking on the street and I was waiting to cross the road and the two cars stopped.
"I saw one guy get out of a learner car and star punching the other guy furiously.
"He was proper hitting him and he couldn't move because he had his seat belt on.
"He was shouting at the guy through the window before he ran him over - I think maybe the mini-cab driver cut him up or something.
"As soon as the guy saw me filming he got back in his car and then started revving up the car and drove into the guy before he flew off down the wrong side of the road."
Alan went on: "He ran over his leg and his arm. It was terrifying. I have never seen road rage like that in my life.
"The guy was clutching his knee and everyone was telling him to take his shoe off because the guy had run over his leg.
"He was rolling around clutching his leg and his head, because the guy had been punching him before he ran him over.
"He was in agony on the floor. It was awful, people were screaming and trying to help him."
Passers-by attended to the cabbie before and paramedics and police arrived 15 minutes later.
The victim is believed to have suffered a broken foot and cuts and bruising.
A suspect was later arrested and charged with dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm. Kadir Simsek, of Welling, is due to appear at Bromley magistrates' court on July 8.
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