OPP: Driver Escapes Injury - Rock Thrown From Bridge

Attention News Editors:

Driver Escapes Injury - Rock Thrown From Bridge

HALDIMAND COUNTY, ON, June 16 /CNW/ - A 44 year-old Caledonia woman escaped injury after a her windshield was shattered by a rock that was thrown from the Stirling Road overpass.

On June 16, 2007 at around 8:30 a.m., two vehicles were traveling north on the Highway 6 bypass approaching the Stirling Road bridge. It is alleged that two males, described as being in their teens were seen standing on the overpass. One of them was witnessed throwing a volleyball size piece of aggregate down onto the roadway into the path of the lead vehicle. The driver of that vehicle, a 33-year-old Nanticoke man was able to swerve and miss the rock as it crashed to the roadway. The rock tumbled along the roadway, bouncing onto the hood of the second vehicle and smashing into the windshield.

The female driver was showered with fragments of glass, but was not injured. The man who successfully avoided the rock stopped his vehicle and ran after the pair but was unable to apprehend them. Both were last seen running west on Stirling Road (7th Line). They are described as being non white males, in their early to mid teens, short dark hair, both wearing light clothing. One is described as being of heavier build and taller than the other.

A malicious and senseless act such as this could have had devastating consequences. Those responsible will face a charge of Mischief Endangering Life.

If any person has knowledge of who is responsible, please contact
Haldimand OPP or Crimestoppers at 1 800 222 - TIPS.

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