<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-to-face-court-charged-with-murder-after-brisbane-road-incident-in-brown-plains/a3d46f30-5ba3-4e69-b4c6-97a084c20d4f" rel="" target="_blank" title="traffic dispute between strangers"><span>traffic dispute between strangers</span></a><span> ended in a near-naked young man being fatally struck by a car in an act of either murder or self-defence, a jury has heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Umar Hussein Alkhalifa Al Enizi, 24, today pleaded not guilty to the murder of Troy Edward Vandenberg at Browns Plains, south of Brisbane, on September 17, 2021.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 25-year-old Vandenberg and Al Enizi were strangers, a Queensland Supreme Court jury heard.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/call-to-end-freebirths-nationwide-stacey-hatfield/9664164d-b1f7-4987-acb7-142b3e4bebca" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie influencer's death sparks calls to ban freebirths nationwide</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was not in dispute that Vandenberg died metres from his own home due to injuries caused when Al Enizi drove into him with an Audi vehicle, crown prosecutor Samantha O'Rourke told the jury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This trial is about why Mr Vandenberg was struck by the defendant with that car: that is the dispute," O'Rourke said in her opening address.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Crown says it was an intentional act."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-courts-browns-plains-road-rage-death-a-case-of-either-murder-or-selfdefence/336086dd-873f-4dec-aa9c-bec69496eefc" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident started about 2.30pm that day near the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane's inner southern suburbs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Al Enizi was driving a white Audi and Vandenberg was driving a blue Toyota Camry</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Something happened between the two of them that frustrated Mr Vandenberg," O'Rourke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vandenberg, wearing only underwear, got out of his car at the traffic lights and approached Al Enizi and told him to "open the f---ing door" and hit Al Enizi's car when he did not do so.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The pair threw punches at each other but (no witnesses) saw the punches actually connect. The men separated and then went back to their cars," O'Rourke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both men ended up driving off in the same direction to their respective homes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/new-york-mayoral-race-zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-curtis-sliwa-campaign/b65c9613-fca0-4fee-8dc6-be4586745329" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>This mayoral race has captured the attention of millions worldwide</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At 2.55pm the pair ended up at a housing estate at Logan with Vandenberg following Al Enizi and kicking his car at an intersection.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses would testify Vandenberg later picked up a hammer and was standing on the roadway before Al Enizi drove across two lanes in order to strike Vandenberg with his car, O'Rourke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jurors were told they would see CCTV footage of Vandenberg being thrown into the air by the impact.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Al Enizi had simply responded in a split second to an impending threat from Vandenberg, who had a hammer and was behaving in an "aggressive unhinged, and terrifying" manner, defence barrister Saul Holt told the jury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Troy Vandenberg ran out from the other side (of the road) on a path to intercept Mr Al Enizi's car as it was driving through and Mr Vandenberg threw a hammer at full force towards his windscreen," Holt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vandenberg was a muscular man who said on the phone "some black curry-munching c--- has just cut me off", after his first encounter with Al Enizi, Holt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Holt told the jury they could find the witnesses were inconsistent about Al Enizi crossing two lanes in order to hit Vandenberg.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial continues before Acting Justice Peter Applegarth.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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