An Edinburgh man has told how a maniac driver smashed into his car before punching and driving at him after they stopped to exchange details.
Macaulay Rhind said his sickening ordeal began at 7am on Thursday when the aggressive driver in a silver Saab used a petrol station slip road on Glasgow Road to undertake two lanes of traffic before crashing into his motor.
Macaulay, 23, had just moved back to the capital days before after living in London. Heading towards Glasgow for work, the aerospace engineer told how the driver furiously tailgated his car before trying to undertake, slamming on the brakes and taking out the side of his car.
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Both drivers stopped at the next available lay-by where Macaulay asked to swap insurance details. But he said the middle-aged driver suddenly went berserk, shoving Macaulay out of the way in an effort to get back to his own car.
When the shaken engineer mentioned he was phoning the police, he said the other driver pushed him again and punched him before fixing his own wing mirror and getting into his vehicle. As Macaulay got through to Police Scotland, he said the driver made a getaway, hitting him with the car causing him to be thrown across the bonnet - still on the phone to police.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live Macaulay explained: "I was driving along Glasgow road heading westbound past the airport at 7am yesterday morning. An aggressive driver was tailgating very close trying to overtake but both lanes where congested.
"Both a car in lane one and I in lane two where driving alongside each other when he came up behind me tailgating aggressively. When we passed the BP garage, I then pulled into lane one, although lane two - the fast lane, still had another vehicle in it as such he could not overtake me.
"He then proceeded into the slip road to try undertake both vehicles, to which he ran out of slip road and ended up taking out the side of my car as he ran out of road and veered into me, destroying the paint and wing mirror."
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The 23-year-old continued: "The driver of the Saab then pulled into a lay-by as did I, I then went to assess the damages of the car and ask him for insurance details.
"I then proceeded over to him to talk and as I was standing in front of his car he assaulted me, to then I called the police. He got back into his motor without passing on insurance details and proceeded to accelerate harshly and sharply putting me onto his bonnet and off the side of his car as he drove off while I was still on the phone to the police."
Edinburgh Live understands that police are attended the scene after the driver fled and are investigating the incident. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Officers were called to a report of a two vehicle crash on Glasgow Road, Edinburgh around 7.20am on Thursday 14 July 2022. One vehicle had left the scene before police arrived, and enquiries into the incident are ongoing."
If you were travelling along Glasgow Road on Thursday July 14 and saw something or have any dash cam footage please get in touch at iona.young@reachplc.com
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