Small bakkie gives Golf GTI a hammering in viral parking rage incident
A parking lot altercation led to twisted metal over the weekend.
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A black Volkswagen Golf 5 GTI was significantly damaged in a parking lot altercation that took place at an Engen garage over the weekend.
Footage, which went viral on social media platforms on Sunday night, shows the driver of an Ashok Leyland Dosk repeatedly reversing into the Golf, whose occupants had boxed the small bakkie in, before making a hasty escape.
While the initial altercation was not caught on film, footage shows occupants from the Golf running towards the bakkie, before retreating as the bakkie starts reversing into the car. After reversing into the Golf three times, the bakkie driver makes a hasty escape, while men on the scene make another attempt at assaulting him through the window.
The incident, which appears to have taken place at an Engen garage in Woodmead, Johannesburg, is reportedly under investigation, although the South African Police Service has yet to release an official statement on the matter.
The incident created a social media frenzy, and many sided with the bakkie driver, who had been "unfairly" parked in by the Golf, and some viewed the small bakkie’s antics as a “David and Goliath” scenario.