The attack took place outside Dunedin train station. Photo: PETER MCINTOSH/File
A man attempted to attack three construction workers outside a train station this afternoon.
A Otago Daily Times The reporter saw the man approaching three Naylor Love workers at Dunedin train station at around 12:10 p.m. and holding up his fists to engage in a fight.
He then tried to take off his shirt and give one of the workers a “roundhouse kick” before fleeing behind the train station on foot.
“I’m fine, not injured, but definitely shaken,” said the worker.
The man then drove over the hood of a vehicle parked behind the train station and fled on a push bike, witnesses say.
Two police officers arrived shortly afterwards and spoke to the victims.
No one was injured in the attempted assault.