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Beware of morons in bridge attacks
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POLICE HAVE issued a warning to drivers in Gloucestershire following a spate of attacks in which bricks have been thrown from a bridge on the M5.
The first incident happened in October when a truck driver was cut on the face after a lump of concrete was thrown from the Green Street motorway bridge at Brockworth. Then, at around 7.30pm last Friday (10 December), youths threw a brick through another truck's windscreen as it travelled north on the motorway. The brick smashed though the glass leaving the driver from Rugby with cuts to his face and eye (CM 28 October).
Two other trucks travelling behind also sustained damage to their roofs from debris thrown at them, but the drivers were unhurt.
A Gloucestershire police spokesman says: "We would like to speak to anyone who witnessed this incident or has information on the offenders. We would also like to issue a renewed warning on the dangers of this behaviour, which could have serious, even fatal consequences."
Earlier this year 20-year-old Craig Harman was jailed for six years for throwing a brick from a motorway bridge at a truck and killing its driver. Michael Little of Hornchurch suffered a fatal heart attack after the brick smashed through the windscreen and hit him in the chest.
• Contact Gloucestershire police on 0845 090 1234 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111