Driver’s glass injury after rock thrown at city bus

APPEAL: Police seek witnesses after moving vehicle targeted

Police are appealing for witnesses after a large rock was thrown at a moving bus in Broughty Ferry.

The attack, the second at the same location in recent years, happened on Monfieth Road shortly before 10pm on Monday.

While none of the passengers were hurt, the driver suffered minor injuries caused by broken glass.

The rock was thrown while the vehicle was travelling east on Monifieth Road, near Orchar Park.

A Police Scotland spokesman said officers were appealing for witnesses “after the windscreen of a moving service bus was damaged by a large rock.”

Sergeant Chris Grieve said: “This was

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This has happened before. A group of kids threw a brick at a bus that was driving along the same road. LOCAL RESIDENT

a reckless act which could have had far more serious consequences.

“I would urge anyone with information or who may have witnessed the incident to let us know.”

One resident said they noticed the bus pulling up on the street and stopping, adding: “We didn’t know at the time what had caused it. We didn’t see or hear anything else. There weren’t any police cars or anything like that.”

Another said: This has happened before. A group of kids threw a brick at a bus that was driving along the same road”.

In December 2018 a rock struck a bus during evening rush hour, showering the passengers with glass. One woman had to be taken to Ninewells Hospital where she was treated for an injury caused by broken glass.

Police have previously warned about the potentially disastrous consequences of bus attacks after a number of incidents in other parts of the city.

A woman was left with minor head injuries after a bottle was thrown through a bus window on Victoria Road in Dundee last August.