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Nanaimo driver attacked with bat, windshield smashed

Police said one driver followed another to a 7-Eleven store, then hit him in the back with a baseball bat and smashed his windshield
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Nanaimo RCMP are asking anyone who witnessed the altercation or has information about the incident to contact them.

RCMP in Nanaimo are looking for witnesses to an incident where a man was attacked with a baseball bat and had his windshield smashed in south Nanaimo in May.

Police said the assault occurred at the corner of Fifth Street and Bruce Avenue on May 27 at about 4:30 p.m., after the driver of a red Honda Civic followed the driver of a white Hyundai to a 7-Eleven store.

Both male drivers got out of their vehicles and the Civic driver hit the Hyundai driver in the back with a baseball bat and then used the bat to smash the windshield of the Hyundai.

The Hyundai driver sustained minor injuries.

Police are requesting that anyone who witnessed the altercation or has information about the incident contact the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345.

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