New Appeal After Car Hit By Bottle Thrown From Bridge
Police have re-appealed for information after a driver narrowly escaped injury when a wine bottle thrown from a bridge landed on her car.
The bottle smashed the windscreen of the Ford Fiesta travelling on the A89 in Broxburn, West Lothian, on Saturday.
The woman, a health care worker, and her passenger were showered with shards of glass.
Police Scotland are hunting a group of youths seen walking on a footbridge about a quarter of a mile east of Pumpherston Road at around 8.20pm.
Sergeant Darren Cook said: This was an incredible act of stupidity which could have had catastrophic consequences.
The two female occupants of the car escaped serious injury on this occasion, although the passenger did receive minor cuts to her hands and arms.
This could have ended in a tragedy. We are keen to trace this group of people who were on the pedestrian bridge and were walking from the Broxburn side of the bridge to the Uphall Station side.
They are only described as being in their late teens or early 20s, and the one who dropped the bottle was a male. I would ask anyone who can help identify this group to call us on 101.''