Boston driver punched as dozens of juveniles on bikes surround his car

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A man is speaking out after he said he was sucker-punched by one of a large group of juveniles on bicycles while he was driving in Boston's South End Tuesday afternoon.

Boston police said they have received reports of the assault, which happened at about 3:40 p.m. on Tremont Street near the intersection of Union Park Street.

Koffi Ballo told NewsCenter 5's Shaun Chaiyabhat that he is the victim of that assault. Ballo said that dozens of teenagers on bicycles swarmed Tremont Street and began surrounding cars, including his own, and boxing him and other drivers in.

Video of the scene shared with NewsCenter 5 shows a large group of young people on bicycles surrounding a red car and a woman shouting at some of the youths.

"So I looked out my window and heard a lot of noise, saw a lot of younger kids on bikes," said witness Brooks Wait. "It looked like a couple of women started fighting, initially."

Witnesses said the altercation between the two women became a melee, and that one woman confronted the group of teenagers.

Ballo said he tried to leave the scene when things got heated, but things escalated when he asked one of the riders to move his bicycle.

"I said: 'Please, can you move the bicycle for me?' He started insulting me," Ballo explained.

According to Ballo, that is when he was suddenly punched in the face through the open driver's side window of his car.

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