'They attacked me': Woman involved in 'demolition derby' parking lot fight says she repeatedly rammed other vehicle in order to flee for her life
- Yaya Shabazz was behind the wheel of the white Toyota SUV seen in a video at the weekend repeatedly ramming another car in South LA
- She claims the other women ran up the back of her and they all pulled over
- Women in the BMW attacked her and she smashed into them to escape
- Both women have now filed police reports saying they were assaulted
'They were beating on me': Yaya Shabazz claims she was acting in self defense
One of the two women involved in an epic 'demolition derby' fight in South Los Angeles at the weekend claims she was trying to escape the parking lot where the brawl occurred because she feared for her life.
Horrifying video shows Yaya Shabazz being kicked and hit by two women while lying helplessly on the ground.
The casino worker then gets up and starts ramming her white Toyota into a BMW, driven by one of the attackers.
Shabazz claims she slammed into the other vehicle because she wanted to escape the parking lot after the fight.
She also believes people wanted to shoot her.
Initially, Shabazz thought she was pulling into the parking lot to exchange insurance information with the group of women, after a small collision nearby, but the confrontation soon turned violent.
Video of the car-smashing showdown between the two SUVs surfaced on Monday after the fight on Sunday.
Shabazz told KTLA that she was attacked by two women after the BMW ran into a stop sign down the street. The cars then pulled into the parking space in the 8400 block of South Western Avenue, where she claims she was set upon.
Vehicular violence: Incredible footage shows two women smashing into each other with their cars after a fight broke out in a parking lot in Los Angeles. Shabazz is in the car on the right
Smash and run: At the end of the video, the white SUV driven by Shabazz delivers one last blow to the BMW (left) before both cars drive off in opposite directions (right)
'We had a collision before we made it to the parking lot. They hit me from behind. And I though we were going to pull over the exchange insurance information,' she said.
However, according to Shabazz, the women in the BMW were not interested in talking, with a brawl starting straight away.
'She pulled me out of the car and they were beating on me,' she said.
Shabazz, a Las Vegas casino worker, said she was alone at the time and in a neighborhood she was not familiar with. She also claims that one of the women had a hammer.
'I had people yelling at me. I had people saying they were going to shoot me, I had people saying she was going to hit me with a hammer,' she said.
Shabazz mounted the curb and knocked out a fire hydrant as she took off down the street, which she claims was an accident
Geyser: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was called to the scene to fix the broken fire hydrant
The video shows the woman reverse and then smash into a silver BMW SUV, driven by the woman she was seen fighting moments earlier.
It's not long before the Beamer retaliates, and rams with the white SUV as well.
Shabazz claims she was just trying to get out of the car park.
'The moment I backed up, my back window busted, and I didn't know what it was. I panicked. I freaked,' she said.
The cars collided several more times as they maneuver back and forth in the small parking lot. As soon as they appear to be trying to leave the parking space, they run back into each other, causing more damage to their cars.
Finally the SUVs head into the street, where the white SUV driven by Shabazz is seen delivering one more crunching blow to the silver SUV.
Shabazz then rips past the silver car, severely crushing the passenger door, before knocking out a fire hydrant as the female driver tries to take off down the street.
She told KTLA that hitting the fire hydrant was a mistake.
Brawl: The fight started between a group of women in the parking. The woman on the left is Shabzz, while the woman on the right was the driver of the BMW
This iis Yaya Shabazz on the ground, being kicked by another woman
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The fire hydrant is seen spewing water all over the road and sidewalk as the two cars leave the scene, with the person filming heard commenting: 'Stupid b******.'
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said a report of the incident is now being completed after the video surfaced on GrindfaceTV.
Both Shabazz and the other woman who was driving have both filed police reports, claiming assault by a deadly weapon.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was notified about the broken fire hydrant and crews quickly responded to fix the geyser, ABC reported.
The brawl broke out at the parking space in the 8400 block of South Western Avenue on Sunday in South Los Angeles
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