Viral Video Shows Two Men Fighting In The Middle Of An Ontario Highway

Several users on social media uploaded footage of the incident.

401 highway in Ontario. Not a lot of cars
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401 highway in Ontario. Not a lot of cars

Ontario Provincial Police confirmed that a fight between two men in the middle of Highway 401 in Ontario broke out earlier this week.

According to CTV News, the fight took place on Highway 401 near Leslie Street on Tuesday, September 12 around 5 p.m.

While the OPP didn't release the footage they obtained, several Twitter users uploaded different clips of the fight.

Another View: Road Rage Turns Into Wrestling Match On Hwy401.
Via: Insta/areacode416ix
.#HWY401 #ONHwys #ONpoli #RoadRage #fight #Ontario #Toronto #TrafficAlert #trucking #TruckDriver #Transportation #RoadSafety pic.twitter.com/4Lk5hFA0qY

— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) September 13, 2023
Twitter: @401_da_sarpanch

Twitter: @401_da_sarpanch

The OPP took to Twitter to explain what happened during the altercation.

Not worth it! - Road Rage incident on #Hwy401/Leslie. #TorontoOPP investigated and cautioned one of the drivers after witnesses called police to report the altercation.
(Pictures sourced from online videos - not OPP content) pic.twitter.com/3AZczM2tp6

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) September 14, 2023
Twitter: @OPP_HSD

"Two vehicles stopped and both men got out of their vehicles, started fighting as a result of some sort of altercation," OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said in the video.

Schmidt said they were unable to locate the two cars as they had both fled the scene by the time police arrived, though an officer spoke to one of the alleged fighters in an attempt to figure out what, exactly, had happened.

“This is something that should never be happening,” Schmidt added. “I don’t know what it was that precipitated that led to this kind of escalation, you know, people may have a short fuse but this can turn violent, it could turn deadly, you don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s really not worth it."

Schmidt concluded by asking those who recorded the incident to show it to police.

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