Fight Breaks Out When Driver Tries To Cut In Line For Gas In North Carolina
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You can always count on the American people to face any sudden bump in the road with serenity and grace. Like these two, who got into a fist fight on Tuesday after a woman hit another driver’s car and spit on him while trying to muscle in line for gas.
Can we go even one day without acting foolish? Signs say no. Interrupt Americans’ ability to consume even slightly and we lose it. Local news station WRAL was able to speak to the person who filmed the fight at a Marathon gas station in Knightdale, North Carolina, which was posted to Instagram.
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The incident occurred amid concerns of running out of fuel throughout the East Coast after the Colonial Pipeline was closed down following a ransomware attack.
A QuikTrip convenience store in Kennesaw, Georgia, had bags on its pumps as the station had no gas on May 11. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after disclosing that a cyberattack had affected some of its systems. Mike Stewart/AP
One woman tried to cut the line for fuel, sparking the dispute, WRAL reported.
The fight happened amid a massive gas shortage in the eastern United States.
A fight broke out at a gas station in North Carolina on Tuesday as people scrambled to fill up their cars amid a fuel shortage caused by a cyberattack that knocked out a crucial US pipeline.