Road rage took over the streets of Brooklyn when a New York man tried to slash an Uber driver with a box cutter then violently drove him against another vehicle.
Kevin McClean, 46, launched his rampage against a 24-year-old Uber driver Justin Ramos in Greenpoint on Tuesday.
His angry tirade was captured on video, displaying the moment the Queens man tried again and again to stab Ramos with his box cutter as the driver avoided his blows and tried to punch him back while in the middle of the street.
Queens man Kevin McClean, 46, (pictured with raised arm) was caught on video trying to slash Uber driver Justin Ramos, 24, (wearing cap) with a box cutter on Tuesday in the street
In McClean’s hand an object can be seen that he threatened Ramos with, the two above
The two men left their car doors open in the middle of a busy intersection as they went head to head.
As Ramos backs away and puts up his hands defensively in the clip, McClean moves closer and closer, whipping around the box cutter menacingly.
Then a bystander intervenes, holding Ramos back as McClean allegedly rushes into the driver’s car, grabs his keys, then bolts into his own vehicle, according to the New York Daily News.
Ramos furiously tried to grab his keys back from McClean’s car window, as McClean drives forward.
As he drove he struck Ramos, sending him reeling back to hit a black van behind him.
McClean then continued to drive, sandwiching Ramos in between the two vehicles where his head hit a rear-view mirror, and he was sent flying in the air before toppling onto the ground.
He was thrown against the van so hard that his shoe fell off.
McClean allegedly rushed into Ramos’ car, grabbed his keys, then bolted into his own vehicle, pictured left in what appears to be Ramos’ car, Ramos diving into McClean’s car window right
Then McClean, inside the white car, drove Ramos into a black van, sandwiching him between the two vehicles
Ramos was thrown against the black van with such force that he fell to the ground and his shoe fell off
Ramos sustained only minor injuries to his hands and hip in the incident.
McClean was arrested and charged with attempted murder, robbery, assault, reckless endangerment, menacing and leaving the scene of an accident.
He was released on $100,000 bail this weekend.
Despite the action caught on video, McClean insists that the video is misleading.
‘They’ll see what happens. It’s not what it looks like. I know and it’s going to come out what really happened soon,’ McClean said to the Daily News on Sunday.
Cops say that McClean has a lengthy criminal history.
Assistant District Attorney Cory Jones said the altercation followed after both Ramos and McLean’s cars went ‘airborne’ during a crash.
‘Most importantly (in this case), there were no serious injuries,’ McClean’s lawyer said, adding that Ramos instigated the fight.