An Australian pensioner has been filmed removing a machete from his car in a road rage incident, moments before being the victim of a coward punch in Thailand.
Colin Gerrard, 72, was involved in a traffic dispute with a local man outside his daughter’s school in Pattaya, Thailand, at 4pm on Wednesday.
Mr Gerrard and a Thai man, 28-year-old Sumet Rungratanapan, were involved in a road rage incident that led to the 72-year-taking a machete to Mr Rungratanapan’s car.
Dash cam footage shows Mr Gerrard stopping his car in the middle of the road, before jumping out and removing a machete from the boot.
Australian pensioner Colin Gerrard, 72, has been filmed removing a machete from his car in a road rage incident
Mr Gerrard, 72, can be seen holding a machete before smashing a Thai man’s car window
Moments before, Mr Rungratanapan can be seen in a black 4WD attempting to overtake the Australian.
Mr Gerrard then walks over to the Thai man’s car, where he smashed a window using the machete.
Mr Gerrard returns to his car and proceeds to hit Mr Rungratanapan as he walked onto the road.
In another video, the two men can be seen speaking to a police officer after the attack.
After returning to his car, Mr Gerrard was filmed hitting Mr Rungratanapan with his car as the Thai man walked onto the road
The two men can be seen speaking to a police officer after the attack before Mr Rungratanapan punches the 72-year-old in the face
Colin Gerrard (pictured, left), 72, was involved in a traffic dispute with a local man outside his daughter’s school in Pattaya, Thailand at 4pm on Wednesday
The Thai man can be seen walking away before suddenly turning around and hitting the elderly man with a powerful blow.
The unexpected punch left Mr Gerrard unconscious for about one minute before he came to on the ground, blood pouring from a gash in his face.
Mr Rungratanapan, who runs a jewellery store, was wearing a large gold ring when he hit Mr Gerrard.
The Thai man explained he was trying to overtake the Australian when the violent machete attack occurred.
‘I was driving my car and I wanted to overtake but the foreigner didn’t want me to go in front of him. He moved the car in front of me,’ Mr Rungratanapan said.
‘After that I said sorry because I scratched his car but then the foreigner was shouting and swearing at me. It made me angry and I started to talk bad back to him.
The pair were involved in a minor traffic accident before Mr Gerrard took a machete (pictured) from his car and smashed the windows of the Thai man’s vehicle
Mr Gerrard (pictured after being punched) can be heard in the video telling the officer he used the machete
‘The foreigner was shouting to stop the car and come outside. Why was he talking to me, a young person, saying come here, come here, so strongly?
‘Then I walked over to him and he took the knife and he attacked my car with it. I was so angry and I just punched him.’
Mr Gerrard can be heard in the video telling the officer he used the machete.
‘I bash[ed] his car,’ he tells the officer.
‘Basically I held the knife to stop him. I said “stop, stop”. He attacked me.’
Moments before the punch Mr Rungratanapan says ‘I have [a] clip’ and appears to watch footage of Mr Gerrard smashing his car before losing his temper.
Mr Gerrard (pictured) was left with a gash in his face after being cowardly punched following a road rage incident
A woman holding a child and filming the encounter – believed to be Mr Rungratanapan’s wife – says ‘How dare you? You cannot use [a] knife.’
Mr Gerrard was treated for a cut to the left side of his face before both men attended Pattaya City Police Station on Thursday for questioning.
Police Lieutenant Colonel Nakhonrat Nonsilad, deputy leader of investigations, said: ‘We have to hear both sides of the story and the injured man must get a medical certificate from the hospital as evidence of his injuries.
‘Neither man has been charged. We have to wait for the interrogation of all parties, interviews with witnesses and check CCTV footage.’
The Thai man explained he was trying to overtake the Australian when the violent machete attack occurred (pictured: the smashed window of Mr Rungratanapan’s car)