THE car of a couple was smashed by several men they didn’t know when they were driving home on a highway, it was reported Thursday.

The couple said they noticed that they were being followed as they were driving home. They were forced to pull over by another car, from which five men got out and began smashing their car, new.dzwww.com reported.

The men pummeled the car with iron bars, even though the couple inside the car was calling the police. The couple, surnamed Zhong, then sped away to the auxiliary lane, only to find that the men were catching up, which left them with no choice but to take one of the exits off the highway.

It was reported that the couple went to an automobile repair shop the next day. The car was severely damaged and heavily scratched.

The victims said they were on their way home after having visited a friend in Luohu District, and noticed they were being followed not long after they started the car.

Zhong is a businessman. He said it was unlikely that the attack was related to his business because he had no ongoing disputes and had not known the men who stopped them on the highway.

Police have intervened in the investigation. (Zhang Yu)