Crime & Safety
SEE IT: Steinway Street Traffic Dispute Turns Physical
A bout of road rage along Steinway Street ended with one man taking another driver's iPhone from his car and racing off.
ASTORIA, QUEENS — A bout of road rage along Steinway Street ended with one man taking another driver's iPhone from his car and racing off, according to police and a news report.
The incident unfolded about noon on Aug. 1, police said.
Two men in a white Chevrolet Camaro were double parked in front of 30-90 Steinway St. when a driver in a gray SUV tried to pass them, but ended up sideswiping the car, the New York Daily News reported.
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That's when the 31-year-old SUV driver and one of the men in the double-parked car started arguing, according to the Daily News.
The man from the Camaro went into the SUV and snatched the driver's iPhone X.
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Then, the argument turned physical, a video released Wednesday by the NYPD shows. The two men started wrestling and the phone thief grabbed the SUV driver by the neck.
He got back into the Camaro and drove away.
The victim refused medical attention.
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