Video: Baseball bat-wielding man attacks woman, car in North Philly road rage
Police are looking for a man captured on surveillance video attacking a woman and smashing her car windows with a baseball bat during a road-rage attack in North Philadelphia late Tuesday.
Police are looking for a man captured on surveillance video attacking a woman and smashing her car windows with a baseball bat during a road-rage attack in North Philadelphia late Tuesday.
The victim, 26, was driving north on Broad Street near Lehigh about 11:55 p.m., when a newer, dark-colored SUV began beeping at her, police said.
The SUV tailed the woman to 16th and Clearfield streets, where a man got out and began hitting her car with a baseball bat, according to investigators.
The woman exited, and the man struck her repeatedly with the bat, hitting her on her upper left arm, left hand, and head before throwing her to the ground.
Though the victim was able to climb back into her car, the man continued smashing it with the bat, breaking all of its windows, police said.
The man fled in the SUV, which was being driven by an unknown woman, had a passenger in the backseat, and was last seen traveling west on Clearfield from 16th, police said.
The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital to be treated for bruises and a laceration to her hand.
Police described the suspect as a 40-year-old bald black male, last seen wearing an orange shirt and blue-jean shorts.
Anyone with information was asked to contact the Northwest Detective Division at 215-685-3353 or 3354, or to submit a tip by dialing 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847).