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Dashcam catches 'frustrated' man punching through windshield of random woman's car

Oct 21, 2019 (soranews24.com) - Imagine driving your car through the streets of your community on a sunny afternoon, perhaps while running errands. You slowly pull up to an intersection, when suddenly an unknown man runs around the corner, jumps on the hood of your car and begins smashing your windshield with what appears to be a rock, for no discernible reason at all.

As outlandish as the random act of violence sounds, it happened in Toyoake, Aichi. The 46-year-old motorist caught the incident on a dashcam installed in her car, and her son (@k12kazuki) posted the video on Twitter in hopes of finding the man who did it.

The video is a fish-eye view from the rear-view mirror making it a little hard to see, but the surreal horror of the situation is easily conveyed. The woman seems either surprisingly calm or extremely in shock as pieces of glass fly into the car, and managed to slowly reverse away from the man who seems to flee the scene after about five hits.

The following day, the parents of Takashige Kizaki received a shock when they saw the face of their son staring back at them through a cracked windshield on the evening news. Soon after, they took the 28-year-old to a nearby police box so he could turn himself in.

The video is a fish-eye view from the rear-view mirror making it a little hard to see, but the surreal horror of the situation is easily conveyed. The woman seems either surprisingly calm or extremely in shock as pieces of glass fly into the car, and managed to slowly reverse away from the man who seems to flee the scene after about five hits.

The following day, the parents of Takashige Kizaki received a shock when they saw the face of their son staring back at them through a cracked windshield on the evening news. Soon after, they took the 28-year-old to a nearby police box so he could turn himself in.

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