Man attacked with machete in Manhattan brawl (VIDEO)
An altercation in Manhattan turned violent when a driver produced a machete, swinging it at a pedestrian with whom he was fighting with.
The vicious encounter saw dustbins thrown and blood spilled on the city’s upper west side.
A video uploaded to Twitter by Paul Tena captured parts of the nasty street brawl.
The driver of the car, wearing a white T-shirt, swings the machete at another man wielding a dustbin. The machete flies from the man’s hand forcing him to retreat to his car.
Wednesday morning 6:50am July 19 on the UWS. Man with machete in altercation with man in red. @NY1@DNAinfoNY@NYDailyNewspic.twitter.com/kn9te7ugTm
— Paul Tena (@paultena) July 19, 2017
Punches are thrown and what looks like blood is spilt on the white T-shirt before both parties go about their business.
RT reached out to Tena but have yet to receive a response. On his Twitter feed he said he was unsure what the fight was about as he stumbled across it already unfolding.
No. Walked into a fight in progress. Couple got back into car and started to drive away when man in red shirt threw trash can.
— Paul Tena (@paultena) July 19, 2017
Using Google Maps RT.com geolocated the scene of the fight to the corner of Broadway and West 94th street.