A driver has been acquitted of murder after a hammer-wielding, near-naked man was fatally struck following a road rage-inspired car chase.

Umar Hussein Alkhalifa Al Enizi, 24, was accused of swerving “violently” and hitting Troy Edward Vandenberg following a traffic dispute south of Brisbane in September 2021.

Vandenberg, 25, was standing in his underwear on a Browns Plains roadway about to throw a hammer at Al Enizi’s car when he was struck and flung into the air, the court heard.

Umar Hussein Alkhalifa Al Enizi, 24, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Troy Edward Vandenberg. Credit: AAP

The driver was on Monday found not guilty of murder and a lesser charge of manslaughter in Brisbane Supreme Court after arguing he had acted in “instinctive” self-defence.

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