Bridge yob throws traffic cone on to car
A HOGMANAY hooligan is being hunted after hurling a traffic cone off North Bridge.
The missile fell 70ft on to Market Street in the early hours of New Year’s Day, striking the windscreen of a private hire vehicle.
The male driver was unhurt in the incident at 4.55am on January 1, but police are appealing for witnesses to the “very serious incident”.
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Hide AdConstable Seona Fleming said: “This is a very serious incident as the driver of the private hire vehicle had a very lucky escape – he could have been very seriously injured as a result of this.”
In 2006, 23-year-old student Kate Flannery, from Galway, was hit by a traffic cone thrown off George IV Bridge. Andrew Smith, 30, was ordered to carry out 180 hours of community service.