AN enraged wife who ­believed her husband was cheating on her allegedly smashed a 4WD head-on into his vehicle in what police believe is an extraordinary case of romance-driven road rage on the NSW mid-north coast.

Mother-of-four Sonya Ruprecht, 54, is alleged to have yelled “stay away from my husband” before initially driving into the car of a woman her husband Danny Ruprecht was near in the parking lot of the Crowdy Head Surf Club, near Taree, on Friday.

media_camera The moment a ‘disgruntled’ wife allegedly rams her husband’s van at Crowdy Head. Picture: Facebook

media_camera The black ute is allegedly driven at the white campervan. Picture: Facebook

media_camera Sonya Ruprecht, 54, has been charged over the alleged road rage incident. Picture: Facebook

The Ruprechts then drove away from the car park, she in a Ford Ranger, and he in a campervan.

In astonishing scenes captured on a witness’s dash cam further down Crowdy Head Rd, Mrs Ruprecht allegedly rammed her husband’s van head-on with enough force to push it off the road.

Police attended the scene but did not press charges with Mr Ruprecht reluctant to make a complaint.

However, after the shocking dash cam footage of the collision went viral online yesterday police arrested Mrs Ruprecht and charged her with dangerous and negligent driving at Taree Police Station. She was granted police bail to attend court next month.

media_camera The black car crashes to a halt after allegedly smashing into the van. Picture: Facebook

media_camera The wife stops the ute and gets out of the car to allegedly confront her husband.

Chief Inspector John Sullivan said the incident was a domestic matter and at the time “conflicting” information led to her release.

“Following inquiries, police arrested a 54-year-old woman (on Friday), but after speaking with both parties she was later released without charge. Further vision of the incident has now come to light, and police are reviewing the footage,” he said.

It is understood police will allege Mrs Ruprecht’s belief her husband was having an affair was the motivation for the alleged attack.

media_camera The husband stops after the head-on collision.

Mr Ruprecht, who is member of the same Saltwater Malibu Club as the woman his wife yelled at, said his wife had ­issues.

“We don’t need to talk about it,” he said.

The husband of the woman whose car Mrs Ruprecht first hit said his wife was simply “in the wrong place at the wrong time”.

“My wife had nothing to do with it. She wasn’t even in the car. Some crazy wife thinks she is having an affair and my wife happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he said.

“(Mrs Ruprecht) drove up to (my wife) and said something along the lines of ‘stay away from my husband’.

“Then they both drove off and some idiot with a dash cam filmed the incident and started talking about (my wife) was the other woman.

“My wife was surfing alongside 300 people ... there was nothing going on.”

The Ruprechts are well known in the Manning Great Lakes area. A friend of Mrs Ruprecht said the behaviour was out of character and that her husband “was her life”.