Driver threatened after stopping at makeshift road block
A car was pelted with objects
A driver has been threatened by a group of people after being forced to stop at a makeshift road block in Burgess Hill.
Junction Road was blocked with a roadworks barrier and a large tree root shortly after midnight on Sunday 30 January.
As the car stopped a group of people began to throw objects at the car.
Police said one of them, a man in a red hooded jumper ran at the vehicle, forcing the driver to drive over the tree root which wedged underneath the car.
The car came to a stop after a few yards but the group ran off as the driver called the police.
PC Taylor Kitson said: "This incident caused real alarm and concern to the occupants of the vehicle and we want to trace whoever was responsible.
"The motive is unclear at present, but this was reckless behaviour that had the potential to cause serious injury as well as damage."