A driver bites a piece of the ear of a trucker on the E17: "A man stole … (Sint-Niklaas)

The incident occurred shortly after 5 pm. A 60-year-old trucker who was heading with a tanker on the E17 towards Gent sank somewhere between Antwerp and Sint-Niklaas with the driver of a BMW. "My driver took the second lane with his truck," said Bernard Wambeke, director of Transdema in Pittem, in memory of his employee.

"The other driver took the third lane and had to take an exit.Instead of reducing the speed and inserting it behind the truck, he tried to take it in advance. No more successful in time, the man became very aggressive.He went twice for the truck and always closed everything.Our driver had to brake heavily to avoid an accident.After that, the driver the BMW was still driving next to the truck to show his middle finger several times, so my employee may have lost his mastery at the end, and on the E17 parallel band in Sint-Niklaas they were side on the shoulder hard. "the two drivers being out, the incident escalated into physical violence. "My driver was not out of his taxi yet to have a story while the other driver was already driving it," Wambeke said. "My employee was bitten in the ear, which meant that half was gone.This t-shirt was torn too.The other driver reportedly said that my driver had put him in a hold, but I do not know if this is correct. "

The driver was transferred to the hospital to be sewn. There he had to be picked up by his employer. "The man is very impressed by what happened," says Wambeke. "He is a person who has a lot of experience and a flawless record.It is one of the best drivers I have.What happened now is a blow to him."

The driver of the BMW was taken by the police for questioning but would then be released.