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A cyclist was pushed into a canal by a furious dog walker who argued she should have ‘slowed down’ as she approached.
Neither side backed down in the bitter row along a country path – but who do you think was in the right?
The astonishing clip sees Klaudia Mitura, 34, biking along the narrow walkway on her usual morning commute as she comes across a couple walking their dog.
Footage from her bike camera shows the cyclist braking in front of the pair as one of them appears to shout for her to ‘slow down’.
At this point, Ms Mitura points out the walkers have a dog, to which the man angrily responds: ‘Yeah but you’re on a f*****g bike.’
He then calls her ‘a f******g idiot’ before pushing the cyclist, who cannot swim, into the water.
The camera then shows Ms Mitura plunge into the canal, prompting immediate panic as she was still strapped to her bike pedals.
The mother-of-two later revealed she thought she would ‘drown’ as she struggled to emerge from the cold water.
But thankfully she found a rock tall enough to stand on to remain above the surface.
Ms Mitura only made it out of the canal when a passerby caught sight of her struggling and hauled her out.
She said the good Samaritan helped her call the police after her phone became damaged from being underwater.
The machine operator admitted she thought she might die and claimed that the couple did not look back to check if she was okay after pushing her in.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed they were investigating the incident but that no arrests have been made.
Ms Mitura, who is from Poland but lives in Manchester, said: ‘When he passed me, he just pushed me in the water. They were gone, and didn’t turn their heads to see if I’m alive or not.
‘I was very scared because I can’t swim, I stood on a stone. I thought I would drown. I don’t know what I would do if no one had walked past me.
‘He refused to move out of the way, I didn’t do anything, I just wanted to pass him and go my way.’
She added she has been left ‘traumatised’ by the experience and is scared of cycling again despite it being her main mode of transport.
Ms Mitura shared the video on TikTok where it raked in more than 600,000 views.
She said: ‘I’m scared of walking or cycling down there, I took two days off from work. It’s good I had the camera because the police can find him. I haven’t cycled since Tuesday, I don’t know when I will do it again.
‘I need help with my mental health. I’m on my own with that, I’m traumatised. It’s the first time anything like this has happened.
‘Cycling was my main means of transport. I’m physically OK but mentally it’s really bad.
‘I need to be strong because I have two kids so I can’t show them that something is wrong with me.’
Greater Manchester Police said: ‘This is an open investigation, no arrests have been made so far but enquiries are ongoing.’
