Road Rage In Canada: Pedestrian Run Over In Parking Spot Dispute

It wasn’t that long ago the running joke was Canadians were overly nice, but we’ve seen an increasing trend of violent road rage incidents like a recent one over a parking spot. While most Canadians probably still are pretty nice people who think poutine is divine, it seems some have an untamed rage boiling over these days.

Road rager smashes victim’s windshield with a hammer.

This road rage case out of Winnipeg actually resulted in what sounds like some pretty serious injuries. It went down in the parking lot of a recreation center after two women got into an argument that ended in violence.

One woman in her 30s was on foot, standing in an open parking spot in what sounds like a full lot, saving the spot for her family as they were driving towards it. We know how frustrating it can be to drive around and around looking for parking spot when everything is taken, so she probably saw the spot, got out and ran over to it while her husband drove around to park in it.

In the meantime, a woman in her 40s tried pulling her vehicle into the spot but was angry the younger woman on foot wouldn’t move out of the way. That sparked a verbal exchange, then the driver pulled into the spot, knocking the pedestrian to the ground, says Winnipeg Police Service.

Rather than leave it at that, the driver decided to keep pulling up, actually running over the other woman, who was “trapped under the front tires of the SUV” say police. Yikes – who even does that? And over a parking spot, of all things?

We’re guessing after she literally ran someone over to pull into a parking spot, the driver realized she was in big trouble and took off, leaving the other woman laying on the ground with lower body injuries. Another driver could’ve pulled into that spot and ran the poor woman over again. Thankfully, it sounds like her family arrived and she was taken to the hospital.

Police tracked down the aggressor, arresting her and hitting her with charges for Assault with a Weapon and HTA Drive Carelessly.

We know people get worked up, stop thinking, then do stupid things, but who actually runs over someone because they want a parking spot? Just what is going on in Canada?

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