Amazon employee beats up car thief who allegedly attacked a colleague

An Amazon delivery driver was filmed beating up a suspected car thief who punched his colleague in the face and tried to flee with her delivery van.

The wild scenes began in the middle of a busy New York City street when the suspected perpetrator suddenly attacked the Amazon driver as she was stuck in traffic last weekend, according to footage obtained by TMZ.

The man, dressed in black, allegedly hit the employee repeatedly and then dragged her out of the van.

Her male colleague quickly rushed to her aid and hit the alleged van thief several times, as the footage shows.

He was filmed repeatedly hitting the suspect in the middle of the road until the driver intervened to separate the two men.

When the two men finally ended their brawl, the alleged perpetrator brazenly jumped into the Amazon delivery van, apparently in an attempt to disappear with the vehicle again.

The video then shows both Amazon employees trying to pull the man out again.

The potential car thief, whose identity was not immediately known, was eventually arrested for robbery and assault.

Amazon, meanwhile, said it was investigating the incident.