{"id":573405,"date":"2026-03-30T03:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T03:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T03:52:09","slug":"new-video-shows-arrest-of-bmw-driver-in-newport-beach-road-rage-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573405\/","title":{"rendered":"New video shows arrest of BMW driver in Newport Beach road rage incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 29, 2026 11:48PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Video shows arrest of BMW driver in Newport Beach road rage incident\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; New details emerged this week in a viral road rage incident in Newport Beach that ended with a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/arrest-made-newport-beach-road-rage-incident-caught-video\/18788941\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">driver arrested after allegedly running down cyclists in a bike lane.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video captured the moment a BMW driver steered dangerously close to two cyclists riding in the designated bike lane on March 21 along Pacific Coast Highway. The footage shows the vehicle nearly striking them before continuing down the road.<\/p>\n<p>New video shows an apparent road rage incident in Newport Beach involving a BMW driver and a pair of cyclists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police later released video of officers arresting the suspected driver, identified as Samir Weiss, at his home in Corona on March 26. Authorities also seized his blue BMW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A photo shows the BMW being towed away from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Weiss is facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and obstruction, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ORIGINAL REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/bmw-driver-hits-cyclists-during-apparent-road-rage-incident-newport-beach\/18773792\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BMW driver nearly hits cyclists during apparent road rage incident in Newport Beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday, March 29, 2026 11:48PM NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; New details emerged this week in a viral&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[281475,64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-573405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-281475","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}