Police search for woman in UK road rage attack

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Police search for woman in UK road rage attack
English investigators are looking for a woman who was caught on video assaulting another woman whose car was blocking hers.

Police in Birmingham, England are searching for a woman who was caught on surveillance video assaulting another woman in what investigators said is a case of road rage.

According to West Midlands Police, the assailant was upset at the 44-year-old victim because the victim refused to move her car, which police said was blocking a road.

The attacker surprised the victim and launched a brutal assault, police said.

Video shows the suspect grabbing the victim, pulling her hair and wrestling her to the ground before throwing her into a fruit stand, and then again to the sidewalk.

Police said the suspect attacked the woman again a short time later.

Watch the unedited YouTube video

An online post from the police department credits PC Geraldine Sprigg as having said, "The assault took place in the middle of the day ... the woman assaulted suffered pain and discomfort following the attack and may have lost consciousness for a short time."

The victim suffered a bump to her head and bruising.

Police are still looking for the suspect.