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SYCAMORE – What started as a three-car road rage incident Wednesday afternoon in a Sycamore intersection quickly escalated into a physical fight between two women in the roadway, while cars drove past, police say.
![Sycamore police were called just before 2 p.m. Wednesday to the intersection of Route 23 and South Peace Road, Sycamore Police Cmdr. Steve Cook said. Prior to police arriving, three cars had been involved in a road rage incident.
"Each one [was] thinking the other one cut them off," Cook said.
A DeKalb woman felt another unidentified woman had cut her off and got out of her car at the intersection to let her know how she felt, Cook said. Cook said he did not know either of the women's names.](9d16e4be-acea-4f28-93dc-a628ab8b8d9b/image-pv_web.jpg)
Sycamore police were called just before 2 p.m. Wednesday to the intersection of Route 23 and South Peace Road, Sycamore Police Cmdr. Steve Cook said. Prior to police arriving, three cars had been involved in a road rage incident.
"Each one [was] thinking the other one cut them off," Cook said.
A DeKalb woman felt another unidentified woman had cut her off and got out of her car at the intersection to let her know how she felt, Cook said. Cook said he did not know either of the women's names.
When the unidentified woman said she was calling the police, the DeKalb woman went back to her vehicle.
Susanna Mendenhall, 43, of DeKalb (brunette), then got out of her car because she felt the other DeKalb woman had cut her off. Mendenhall dragged the other DeKalb woman from her car, Cook said.
Naperville resident Kenny Brown captured what happened next. In a Facebook video with more than 120,000 views, the two women can be seen pulling each other's hair and rolling in the street, while dozens of cars drive past. The two fight for at least a minute before two other women try to intervene.
An off-duty DeKalb police officer eventually broke up the fight, Cook said. The other DeKalb woman (left) suffered minor injuries but did not need to be hospitalized.
Mendenhall was arrested for reckless conduct and aggravated battery; she was already wanted for failing to appear in court.
If convicted of the most serious charge, Mendenhall could face two to five years in prison.