Mum and son ‘inches from death’ after bottle is thrown through windscreen
A mum and her son, six, were showered with glass after someone hurled a champagne bottle at their car.
Fiona Gray, 45, was doing at least 60mph on the Edinburgh city bypass, near Hermiston Gait, on Friday, when her windscreen was smashed.
She and son Jacob managed to escape any serious injury but were left frightened after the incident at around 3.55pm.
Ms Gray, from Dalgety Bay, Fife, said: ‘Two to three inches to the left and I’d be dead.’
She added: ‘We were showered with glass and I’ve got a sore and bloodied side. But lucky. Oh so lucky.
‘Police were amazing with us and every officer would come up shaking their head asking ‘why would anyone do this?’
‘But it’s the shock and adrenaline that kicks in afterwards, the what-ifs.
‘If it didn’t kill me, then I’d lose control of the car and Jacob and I would be dead.
‘The what-ifs give me nightmares.’
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Ms Gray had been on her way to see her partner in the Borders when the incident happened.
Fortunately her son was wearing sunglasses that shielded his eyes from the shards of glass.
Ms Gray later tweeted: ‘To the absolute b@stard who threw a magnum bottle on our car from a bridge over the edin bypass this afternoon, I hope you realise you could have killed us. No words.’
She said her brother had helped console once the police had left.
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Police have appealed to drivers who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously on the Edinburgh city bypass between 3pm and 3.45pm on Friday.
They are also appealing for drivers with dashcam footage of the area at the time to come forward.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: ‘At around 3.55pm on Friday May 10, police were called to a report of a bottle been thrown off a bridge on the Edinburgh bypass.
‘It struck a vehicle heading eastbound on the A720 near the Hermiston Gait junction.
‘No one was injured but inquiries are ongoing.’
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