- Taxi driver pulled in front of lorry but neither said a word, witnesses said
- Two motorists were filmed throwing punches at each other in central Leeds
- Taxi driver seemed to have come off worse with blood dripping from his head
- Both men stopped fighting once person recording the video came forward
This is the dramatic moment that a road rage brawl broke out in a city today, leaving a taxi driver covered in blood after he allegedly cut up a lorry driver.
The taxi driver pulled in front of the lorry in Leeds city centre – but neither man said a word to each other before they started fighting, according to witnesses.
Footage captured by a passer-by, who wishes to remain anonymous, showed the two throwing punches at each other on Chadwick Street.
This is the dramatic moment that a road rage brawl broke out in Leeds city centre today
The shocking incident left a taxi driver covered in blood after he allegedly cut up a lorry driver
The taxi driver, who was driving a Volkswagen Passat under the Amber Cars logo, seemed to have come off worse with blood dripping from his head.
Both men stopped fighting once the person recording the video came forward and told them ‘that’s enough’, before asking why the taxi driver ‘pulled in front like that’.
Speaking afterwards, a witness said: ‘The taxi cut the wagon up causing them to crash. They both got out and started fighting with no words spoken.
‘Probably shouldn’t have been fighting, it really could have easily been avoided. But I bet they were both angry for whatever reason.
Neither man said a word to each other before they started fighting, according to witnesses
Video from a passer-by showed the two throwing punches at each other on Chadwick Street
The taxi driver seemed to have come off worse today with blood dripping from his head
‘I presume something happened before to cause it. I left the scene after I had helped split them up so not sure what happened but was all calm when I left.’
An employee at Amber Cars hung up the phone when asked for a comment today. West Yorkshire Police has also been contacted for a statement.
Chadwick Street is in the upmarket Leeds Dock area of the city, which has a number of retail and office buildings along with waterside apartments next to the River Aire.