Couple has broken car window and daughter injured with shrapnel after traffic fight A family filed a police report alleging that their car window was broken by an angry driver during a traffic fight in Ribeirão Preto (SP) on Sunday (19). The victims allege that, in addition to the damage to the vehicle, the shrapnel injured a 9-year-old child who was inside the car. The case must be investigated by the Civil Police, but until the last update of this news, the driver had not been identified. ?Click here to follow the g1 Ribeirão e Franca channel on WhatsApp "Shrapnel flew into my daughter's leg, it made several punctures", says the driver of the affected car, who preferred not to be identified. Car window broken by angry driver during traffic dispute in Ribeirão Preto (SP). Reproduction/EPTV Discussion in traffic A couple reported that they were with their daughter in the car on Avenida Jerônimo Gonçalves, on Sunday afternoon, when they were surprised by a VW Gol at high speed that overtook and took in front of the car without signaling with the arrow. The driver says that, as soon as the two vehicles stopped at the red light, he honked at the other car, warning the other driver. He also reports that, irritated, the suspect not only cursed the family but also got out of the car to slap the window of the car where the couple and the child were. "I warned him, because he threw it in front of me, if I didn't brake the car, I would have crashed, it would be even worse. He didn't like it, he started swearing, saying bad words. He got out of the car and came to my car here and slapped the window there", he says. Avenida Jerônimo Gonçalves, in Ribeirão Preto (SP). Reproduction/EPTV The driver says that, as soon as the light changed, the two cars continued along the avenue until they stopped at another light. There, the Gol driver, once again, got out of the car, this time with an iron bar and used it to break one of the rear windows. "He looked at me for a while, gestured something that I couldn't understand, because we had the window closed, then he got out and knocked on the window, that's where the window broke. Then my wife started to panic, my daughter started screaming and I was hoping that the light would open soon so we could get out of there so we wouldn't have any bigger problems." As soon as the traffic light changed, the family went to a station, where they called the police. "We came, turned right, towards our neighborhood, he continued straight on, then I don't know where he lives or where he was going." See more news from the region on g1 Ribeirão Preto and Franca VIDEOS: Everything about Ribeirão Preto, Franca and the region
Family has car window broken with an iron bar and child injured with shrapnel after traffic fight in SP
Couple has broken car window and daughter injured with shrapnel after traffic fight A family filed a police report alleging that their car window was broken by an angry driver during a traffic fight in Ribeirão Preto...
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