Woman charges man, father with screwdriver in Miami road rage incident

US News

By Katherine Donlevy

A fender-bender on a Miami highway took a dark turn Monday when a screwdriver-wielding woman charged at a driver who rear-ended her, officials said.

Video of the bewildering attack was captured by Sky 10’s helicopter as it soared over the crash, which occurred around 6 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway.

The scantily clad woman was seen walking down the highway with the tool pointed at two men who scurried to backtrack away from her, the video shows.

She slowly raised the weapon over her head before running toward the pair, seemingly going after the older gentleman before turning her attention to the younger man, who pushed her away from his buddy.

The woman grabbed the younger man by the throat and made stabbing-like gestures in a scuffle that lasted several seconds before a third man — dressed head to toe in blue — pulled her away.

He walked her away from the men in an apparent attempt to calm her down, and while she seemingly shouted at him for stopping the attack, she didn’t raise the screwdriver at him.

Officials identified the crazed woman as 26-year-old Acklynn Mbabazi Byamugisha, who they said was driving a black BMW when she was rear-ended by a white Toyota SUV.

She had allegedly stopped her sedan on the highway, partially blocking the right lane when the SUV crashed into it around 5:30 a.m.

Byamugisha and the Toyota driver Freddy Diaz allegedly engaged in a verbal dispute that escalated into violence when Diaz’s father arrived on the scene.

According to an arrest report, Byamugisha told police that Diaz’s father showed up after the crash and was “very threatening and physically grabbed her and pulled her hair.”

That’s when she pushed her way into his vehicle and grabbed the screwdriver and a bottle of Windex, which she used to spray the father-and-son duo in the face, police allege.

She has since been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A check of records shows that she has been cited three times in the past for traffic infractions.