When Luke Fetzer and his friends were bicycling on the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach earlier this month, they encountered two aggressive vehicles, one of which came so close to Fetzer’s friend that the biker had to move out of the designated bike lane.
Road rage encounter, described by Fetzer in a instagram video And said they were yelled at. Now one arrest has been made, but Newport Beach police say the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities arrested Samir Swiss of Corona in the March 21 incident, which was partially captured on video by Fetzer. The footage, which shows a blue BMW rear-ending a cyclist in the bike lane, forcing the cyclist to veer onto the sidewalk, has since gone viral. Fetzer’s Instagram page. Fetzer did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Times. The video also shows a passenger in a blue BMW throwing a water bottle out the window in the direction of the cyclists.
According to the Newport Beach Police Department, Swiss was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and hindering apprehension update On the incident. It is unclear whether other arrests may be made, but police said they seized a blue BMW as part of the investigation.
Newport Beach police said they have seized a blue BMW as part of their investigation into a March 21 road rage incident.
(Newport Beach Police Department)
in one instagram video Describing the encounter, Fetzer says that despite being in the bike lane and following the rules of the road, two cars were harassing him and his friend. Fetzer said that, at the beginning of the event, he sprayed water on one of the cars in frustration, but did not expect the reaction he got.
Fetzer said cars turned toward them, honked their horns and put cyclists’ lives in danger. Later, Fetzer said people in both cars got out and tried to stop the bikers and threatened to hurt them.
“He’s inches away from my back wheel,” said Fetzer’s friend and fellow cyclist Ben Byra. told KTLA. “Some people turned off the lights, they all got out of their cars.”
“I just want to share bicycle safety awareness,” Fetzer said.
