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10/01/2017
Children Could Have Been Killed After Object Thrown At Car Windscreen - PSNI
A number of children could have been killed or seriously injured after someone threw an object at a car windscreen in Craigavon, according to the PSNI.
The incident happened on the Brownlow Road at around 8.55am on Monday, 09 January.
Several children were making their way to Lismore Comprehensive School at the time, however the driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and brought it to a safe stop.
The windscreen was left completely shattered.
A police spokesperson said: "Whoever is responsible for this disgusting behaviour needs to have a good hard look at themselves. Today they could be mourning the loss of their own friends, with the death on their conscience for the rest of their life.
"It may have been a catapult, it may have been a large stone. Whatever it was, it caused considerable damage to the windscreen which shattered round the driver.
"No doubt the person responsible thought it was a bit of a laugh. Hopefully they will grasp sooner rather than later that funerals are no laughing matter, and that the line between life and death was close to being crossed."
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
(CD/JP)
The incident happened on the Brownlow Road at around 8.55am on Monday, 09 January.
Several children were making their way to Lismore Comprehensive School at the time, however the driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and brought it to a safe stop.
The windscreen was left completely shattered.
A police spokesperson said: "Whoever is responsible for this disgusting behaviour needs to have a good hard look at themselves. Today they could be mourning the loss of their own friends, with the death on their conscience for the rest of their life.
"It may have been a catapult, it may have been a large stone. Whatever it was, it caused considerable damage to the windscreen which shattered round the driver.
"No doubt the person responsible thought it was a bit of a laugh. Hopefully they will grasp sooner rather than later that funerals are no laughing matter, and that the line between life and death was close to being crossed."
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
(CD/JP)
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