Authorities in Florida arrested a man after he was caught on surveillance video attempting to run down a gas station attendant in his Chevrolet Silverado.
According to NBC affiliate WVIR-TV, the man in the truck became enraged following a disagreement with the gas station employee over whether or not the pumps were working properly. The employee also told police the man appeared agitated and was complaining about his wife while he was inside the store.
What truly set the man over the edge, however, was when he went to the pump after paying and realized he had forgotten to specify which type of fuel he wanted.
“The employee told responding deputies that the customer, a man driving a truck, had come into the convenience store to pay for gas and was agitated, complaining about his relationship with his wife,” the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. “The man grew even more agitated when he paid the clerk but did not tell her what type of fuel he wanted. He then tried to put diesel in his truck and was upset when the pump was not turned on.”
The employee reset the pump and turned the diesel pump on, but the man was still having trouble with it for some reason. He re-entered the store to demand his money back, clearly angry with the attendant. As he went to leave in his Chevrolet Silverado, which was towing a large trailer, he attempted to crash it into the gas station attendant, who was standing out front of the store.
Luckily the metal parking bollards out front of the store stopped the truck and prevented it from hitting the employee.
“Video from the store revealed the man was attempting to hit her with his vehicle but the parking pole stopped him,” the sheriff’s department also said. “The employee fell to the ground. The man backed up and drove away westbound on Cherry Street.”
The man fled in his truck, but was later stopped by local police, who identified him as 34-year old Brandon Bingaman. He has been charged with aggravated assault.
You can see how the incident played out in the security camera video embedded below.
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When you read about crazy stories 9 times out of 10 they come from Florida. Just a few days ago this site posted an idiot driving a cadillac CTS in reverse and plowing into a couple cars and now this. A local radio station has a daily segment called “What’s up Florida” and its always some kind of crazy chit. Too much sun I guess.
This is ridiculous. Just because the idiot was driving a GM product, why the hell would any of us subscribe to GM Authority so we can get stories like this. Give us some “important” GM information. This is an automotive “magazine” not a crime stoppers rag.
Yeah, the brand of the vehicle is really immaterial. Who really cares if it is a Chevy, Ford, Ram or Toyota. Stick to the true “car’ stories!
The guy’s was obviously having a bad day and transformed into an idiot, the gas station attendant was being an idiot as well by coaxing someone that was aggravated into higher hostility. I’m sure that’s not in the employee handbook.
The two of them should be required to split the cost of damage to the pole and go to their appropriate counseling, anger management, workplace violence/customer service training.
Easy judge judy I’m 100% certain you have no clue what really went on here.
“I’m 100% certain you have no clue what really went on here”. As you know the whole 100% right?
That would be the only way you would know, you know, the whole story without any doubt and that I do not. There goes your credibility, deniability! All “100%” of it!
Point is, if someone else were to have gotten hurt the video evidence would prove the gas station partially at fault due to the actions of the employee.
Ever hear of the “Deep Pocket Law”? a legal concept known as joint-and-several liability. This states that damages can be obtained from co-defendants based on who is capable of paying, rather than who was found to be more negligent.
Even the driver of the truck could sue the gas station based on what “their employee” did to coax him further. You know what that is monkey? 100% fact!
Gotta agree with fastyle…….the clerk should have stayed in the store instead of antagonizing the guy at the front of the store. Cant get run over if you stay in the store.
Anyone else impressed he did all this with a tandem axle trailer hooked up? Hell most US drivers can barely handle a straight highway in a car with lane assist, active cruise control, and accident avoidance doing 60% of the driving for them.
Your hero, 100% huh!
2 things, one is she shouldn’t add fuel to the fire on him, other is I hope he gets every bit of the book thrown at him, I’m surprised it isn’t attempted murder or AA with deadly-weapon (truck) charge.
He didn’t even touch him and was apply the brakes before impact. he was trying to scare him.
He shoulda jumped out the truck and handle business on foot, she would a put holes in his windshield had he done that while armed, BTW the front bumper touch her knocking her on the ground…
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