Brawling women punch and tear out each other’s hair extensions at KFC in Essex

BRAWLING women tore out each other’s hair extensions after a row outside a KFC turned into a fist fight yesterday.

Footage of the incident shows at least ten people wrestling in a car park outside the eatery in Pitsea Retail Park.

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During the violence, one of the brawlers yanks tufts of blonde hair from another woman’s head and throws it to the ground.

The video shows blonde hair scattered across the car park.

The row broke out in broad daylight as families visited supermarket Lidl, which stands next door to the KFC.

Three men can be seen in the video approaching the women in a bid to calm them down.

But initial bickering turned into a heated confrontation.

The group ended up outside KFC after one of the women ran over to the eatery.

Customers inside the restaurant watched in horror as the group battered each other.

The cause of the fight isn’t yet known.

Two teens said they were hurt during the confrontation.

Essex Police said: “We were called shortly after 5pm to reports of a fight near KFC at Pitsea Retail Park in High Road, Pitsea.

“Officers attended and spoke to a number of women at the scene.

“A woman in her 20s and two teenage girls reported being assaulted.

“They were not seriously injured and our enquiries remain ongoing.

“Witnesses and anyone with mobile phone footage is asked to call the Basildon local policing team on 101 quoting reference 42/96578/20.”

KFC was one of the first big food chains to reopen its stores after the coronavirus lockdown.

The company opened for food delivery companies only on April 14 – less than a month after the nationwide shutdown began.

It has since reopened hundreds of branches across the country.

The incident happened less than a month after a man was gunned down at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Bromborough, Wirral.

The victim, a 21-year-old man, was sitting in the front seat of a black Ford Tourneo when he was shot as a worker handed him his takeaway order.

He was rushed to hospital with a leg injury.