on the side of the head! i could tell from the way her head snapped to the side how hard the hit was. a couple seconds later he back-handed her in the face. by now it was obvious that the woman was hurt from the way she was crying and holding her face. i saw the traffic light just ahead was turning red so i told my wife i would walk up on the car then and that she should copy the tag down. just then the male struck the woman in the side of the head again; so hard this time that she was thrown out of the car 