Road-Raging BMW Charges Cyclists In PCH Bike Lane, Video Shows

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Alarming viral video of two competitive cyclists targeted by an aggressive driver in Newport Beach has exploded on social media.

The March 21 incident happened while Ben Byra and Luke Fetzer were training for a Sunday race along Pacific Coast Highway, near Bayshore Drive.

The dramatic footage published to Byra's social media account shows the driver of a blue BMW driving in the road's bike lane and coming up behind one of the cyclists.

The video shows the BMW driving within striking distance of the bike's rear wheel.

The video then shows Byra bunny hop onto the curb in an effort to get out of the BMW's path.

The video shows the driver immediately speeding up and getting within striking distance of Fetzer.

Byra told KTLA that the person driving the blue BMW wasn't the only aggressive driver on the road that day.

A person behind the wheel of a red-and-black Corvette joined in verbally on the attack, calling the cyclists homophobic slurs as they sped by, Byra said.

"We’re just riding single file," Fetzer told KTLA. "Ben is behind me. I’m in front of him and he comes up to us and starts laying on the horn and his buddy yells out the side window."

Newport Beach police officers took an incident report, but the status of the ongoing investigation was not immediately known.

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