A woman who was punched in the face by a biker during a road rage incident Thursday night said she wants to set the record straight about what led up to the confrontation.

The woman, who did not want to be identified, was a passenger in a car that was being driven by her long-term boyfriend. They were heading home on westbound Highway 401 after a night out in the city when six motorcyclists pulled ahead and began blocking anyone from passing them.

The situation was scary, she said.

“They were going in and out of cars, cutting in front of them so no one would pass. You almost felt like you would hit one of them.”

She said the bikers were skilled, pulling wheelies while speeding.

“They didn’t have any regard for human safety,” she said.

“They cut right in front of my boyfriend , two in each lane so two, two and two,” she explained. “Everyone was honking, honking, honking for them to go but they would not, so we pulled into the emergency shoulder and told them to move and he said F- you to me.”

She said the two kept arguing as they drove down the highway at about 100 kilometres-an-hour.

At one point, she noticed the biker was inching closer to her vehicle. He then smashed her side mirror and left it dangling off the car.

The woman said at that point, her boyfriend was able to head off the highway using the Dixie Road off-ramp with the motorcyclists on their tail.

Despite her boyfriend urging her not to, the woman got out of the car to confront the bikers. That’s when the tension escalated into violence.

“I got out of the car and went up to one of them and asked who had hit the mirror,” she said. “I looked around, no one would give me any information. None of the bikes had license plates except one. Only one license plate out of six bikes. They’re all wearing black.”

She said she finally recognized the biker who broke her mirror, went up to him and grabbed him by the back of his neck, demanding to know his name. That’s when she was punched in the face and stumbled to the ground.

She suffered a bruised eye, sprained elbow and several cuts.

But her boyfriend would end up with more serious injuries.

After she was punched, the bikers left the scene, the woman said, but her boyfriend chased them.

Police told her that the bikers managed to swarm him and as he tried to get away, he lost control, hit a wall on Aerowood Drive which forced the vehicle to flip on its roof and burst into flames.

The man, identified in court records as 22-year-old Andrei Sisu, suffered head injuires and a fractured shoulder.

Sisu appeared in court today in a white police-issued jumpsuit with a white bandage wrapped around his head. A CTV Toronto reporter who was in the courtroom said Sisu sat in the prisoner's box with his head down. At one point -- as he was being led away -- he turned to a woman sitting in the courtroom and yelled, 'I love you.' The woman appeared tearful, the CTV reporter said. It was not immediately clear who that woman was in relation to the accused.

Sisu faces a slew of criminal and highway traffic charges, including possession for the purpose of trafficking, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to comply with a probation order and driving under suspension.

He was eventually remanded in custody until Monday, Sept. 26 for a bail hearing.

Sisu's girlfriend, who is recovering from the incident at home, says the two of them “did nothing wrong.”

“We just wanted to get home. I just can’t believe this whole thing happened,” she said. “We were not under the influence while driving. It was simply bad time, bad place.”

Search continues for motorcyclists

Police are still looking for the motorcyclists who fled the scene in different directions after the crash occurred.

Investigators have video evidence of the altercation, the woman said.

In the meantime, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said he’s concerned about people confronting dangerous drivers. He said police strongly discourage drivers from “becoming vigilantes and getting into confrontations with drivers they disagree with.”

“It’ll never end well,” he said.

Instead, drivers who spot dangerous driving should call police instead.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Port Credit OPP at 905-278-6131.

With files from Tamara Cherry.