A man and a woman in North Carolina were caught on video fighting at a gas station as fuel shortages continue to affect the East Coast after a cyberattack caused the Colonial Pipeline to shutter last week.
The witness who filmed the encounter on Tuesday in Knightdale said a woman in a white car tried to cut through the line of vehicles waiting to receive fuel at a Marathon gas station, according to footage obtained by local NBC affiliate WRAL.
When she wasn’t let through, the witness reportedly said the woman drove into the side of an SUV waiting in line.
The video contains graphic language and appears to show the woman getting outside her vehicle and spitting on the SUV driver. The man is seen getting out of his vehicle and walking over to spit on her, causing a physical quarrel.
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Footage shows the woman ripping the man’s shirt as they push and pull at each other. After a short tussle, the man appears to kick what looks to be the woman’s phone into the street.
A public information officer for the town of Knightdale confirmed the incident to the Washington Examiner, though a police report was not immediately available.
One subject involved was charged with simple assault, and another subject was charged with assault on a female and damage to personal property. Both received citations and were released with a pending court date, according to Knightdale Public Information Officer Jonas Silver.
Colonial is the largest refined fuel pipeline network in the United States and transports more than 100 million gallons per day, providing around 45% of fuel utilized along the East Coast. Operations at the refinery have been suspended since Friday, causing some parts of the country to deal with shortages in fuel supplies.
The pipeline network was hacked using software created by a group called DarkSide, which develops ransomware and sells it to other criminals to conduct various for-profit hacking schemes.
Colonial said on Monday that it aims to restore most of its system and network by the end of the week.
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Governors in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida have declared states of emergencies due to the growing number of fueling stations running out of gas.
