A Calgary Mother Was Beaten with a Hockey Stick and Nearly Run Over in a Road Rage Attack

The husband of a Calgary mother who was beaten with a hockey stick due to road rage said his wife's two male attackers tried to run her over with their car before fleeing the scene.

Karalie Red Old Man was attacked on Wednesday evening when she was driving her Dodge Caravan along 4 Street N.W. and a BMW tried and failed to pass her.

Police say the BMW "aggressively tailgated (Red Old Man) to her destination"—West Mount Pleasant Arena—even bumping into the back of her car at one point. Once at the arena, the BMW boxed the woman in and the two men inside got out and demanded Red Old Man fight them.

"When she refused, they used a hockey stick to break her vehicle's windows," police said. Red Old Man, who was driving with her nine-year-old daughter, tried to drive away but was forced to stop when she hit the BMW. One of the men then "pulled her out of her vehicle and assaulted her, at times using the hockey stick as a weapon."

"He grabbed my hair and pulled my head out the window. I couldn't get my arms out to fight back, he started banging my neck and my face and my mouth on the window where he pulled me out. My daughter was screaming and crying to stop and he still wouldn't stop," Red Old Man told Global Calgary.

Red Old Man's husband Steven told VICE he was with the couple's three other kids waiting to get picked up at the sportsplex when he saw his wife and one of her attackers fighting over a hockey stick.

"I tried to intervene but the attacker wouldn't give up, so I slammed him to the ground and punched him in the face when he started attacking me," he said. At that point, he said, the other attacker rushed in to help his friend. He said he managed to get the hockey stick, at which point the suspects ran back to their vehicle and took off.

"The attacker tried to run my wife over when she was getting a picture of the plates but she jumped out of the way," he said.

A few minutes later, the cops showed up.

Steven Red Old Man said his wife is bruised and required three stitches inside her lip, making it difficult for her to eat and drink.

"She gets extremely nervous to be in the vehicle and gets panicked whenever we see a similar vehicle to the attackers."

Police are still looking for the two men, described as being in their early 20s with dark brown or black hair and medium builds. They were driving a silver, two-door BMW that would likely have extensive damage to the front passenger side.

Calgary police officer Darren Leggatt told reporters he was "shaken" by the incident.

"A minor traffic disagreement with two people results in a woman being dragged from her car in front of her children and beaten? It's a characterization of cowardice," he said.

Steven Red Old Man told VICE he is angry that the suspects are still at large and that he wasn't able to defend his wife sooner.

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