Two men were whisked away in an ambulance after a wild road-rage incident that involved a flying ax, a metal pole, and a failed carjacking.
The unexpected street fight took place on a chilly December afternoon in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest side of Chicago. Among the bystanders were two local real estate agents, Tom Cunningham and Ewelina Siuta, who filmed the entire meltdown, providing colorful commentary as the men punched and kicked each other — and, yes, nearly lost their pants.
The Dec. 15 incident quickly went viral but is still making the rounds online, vying for a spot in the “wildest road rage” hall of fame.
According to Cunningham, the fight broke out after a fender bender in front of a Family Dollar Store at the intersection of Archer and Meade Avenues. A man in a red cap driving a Chevy Silverado truck can be seen in the video pretending to have a gun and punching the driver’s side window of a white Chevrolet Cruze sedan. After he failed to break the glass, he brandished what looked like an aluminum telescoping pole and began battering the sedan. He eventually gave up and retreated to his truck…