Aleisha was driving the speed limit when she wound down her window to see what another driver was saying to her. Then the unthinkable happened: 'Power pack'
Aleisha Balfoort, 31, was 'doing the speed limit' driving on the Sunshine Coast Motorway, Queensland, about 9am on Sunday when a black Nissan Navara began tailgating her.
The unknown female driver then suddenly pulled into the lane beside Ms Balfoort and started yelling at her.
Ms Balfoort rolled her window down to hear what the woman was saying - then the driver hurled a power bank from her vehicle and struck Ms Balfoort in the face.
'Bam... a power bank came flying through my window and cracked me in the jaw,' she said.
Bleeding from her chin, she drove to hospital where doctors stitched up her wound - before reporting the incident to police.
The mother said a black Nissan Navara (above) pulled alongside her before the driver began yelling at her for doing the speed limit
The mother said the incident has left her 'shaken' and fearful about going out in public.
'I'm honestly not recovering well… and currently [I'm] afraid to drive or even leave my house and face [the] public,' she said.
She said the altercation has made it difficult for her to 'eat, talk, and sleep'.
The mother wrote in a local Facebook group that she hoped the alleged driver was 'proud of herself and her road rage'.
'[It] all stemmed from tailgating me and carrying on like pork chops for doing the speed limit.'
The local community rallied around Ms Balfoort after she shared images of the slice on her face and images of the alleged driver's registration.
'I hope you're doing okay - this is absolutely disgusting (and) I hope they get whoever did this,' one community member wrote online.
'What is becoming of our beautiful Sunshine Coast? (I) hope you heal well and I hope you press charges,' another said.
'That must have hurt like anything and a big shock. I hope they catch them,' a third wrote.
A local skincare clinic offered to provide Ms Balfoort with free LED light therapy to help her skin to heal from the cut.
Ms Balfoort told said that gesture meant a lot to her as she had been left worried about how the incident made her look.
'I feel bad as I know it's superficial, but I went through so much trauma from acne and scarring from my pregnancies,' she wrote.
'[I've been] doing the most to never be seen in person for such long periods of my life, that I've spent years and countless dollars to try and reverse and regaining my confidence, only to have it so easily and quickly taken away again.'
A Queensland Police spokesman said authorities had received a report regarding the incident.
'Information received alleged an item was thrown through the victim's open window, hitting her in the face, causing minor injuries,' the spokesman said.
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