A father-of-three has told how he feared for his life as he was dragged along a main road by a lorry after a minor collision escalated into a terrifying road rage incident.
Emergency services were called after Amin Saidiwi, 40, was killed by a truck on Blacktown Road in Sydney’s west last Friday.
Police allege he was deliberately beaten after he accused a truck driver of hitting his SUV.
Shocking CCTV footage showed the harrowing moment the truck hit Mr Saidiwi, leaving him clinging to the front bumper.
As the truck slowed, he slid off the bumper and fell, his body coming under a wheel.
As his wife Sajedeh Mohsni looked on in horror, Mr Saidiwi was dragged 15 metres along the road, trapped underneath the vehicle.
The truck driver is said to have fled before emergency services arrived.
Five days later, Mr Saidiwi remains in hospital recovering from serious injuries to his leg.
Last Friday, the father of three was hit by a truck and dragged 15 metres along Blacktown Road
“(I thought) I was going to die,” Mr Saidiwi said 7News from his hospital bed.
‘Then I think of the children, I think of the family.
‘I can’t walk. I can’t (sit). I can’t do anything because both legs are (very) painful.
His wife ran after the truck and begged the driver to stop.
“I was running, running, running to tell him, ‘Please stop! Stop. Don’t kill him. Stop,’” she recalled.
She stopped chasing when Mr. Saidiwi finally broke free from the truck.
“I only see my husband… coming out. I don’t know (if he is dead or not),” said Mrs. Mohsni.
Amin Saidiwi thought he was going to die after getting stuck under the truck
A 27-year-old Brazilian student turned himself in to police the next day.
The man was charged with a series of offences including driving a motor vehicle with intent to cause bodily harm, causing bodily harm by misconduct while operating a motor vehicle, negligent driving and failing to stop and render assistance following a collision resulting in injury.
The truck driver was granted bail to appear in Blacktown Court again on Thursday, September 12.