Police Scotland is seeking the help of the public to identify a group of people who were seen walking on a footbridge over the A89, about a quarter of a mile east of Pumpherston Road, Broxburn at around 2020 hours on Saturday 11 July 2015. As the group crossed the bridge, one male was seen to drop a bottle of what appeared to be wine from the bridge which then smashed the windscreen of a vehicle passing underneath. The vehicle, a white coloured Ford Fiesta, was being driven by a female health care worker and her colleague, suffered a smashed windscreen and the two occupants were showered with shards of glass and what appears to be wine. The two health care workers were travelling from Winchburgh to Livingstone.
Sergeant Darren Cook, Police Scotland at Linlithgow said “this was an incredible act of stupidity which could have had catastrophic consequences. The two female occupants of the car escaped serious injury on this occasion, although the passenger did receive minor cuts to her hands and arms. This could have ended in a tragedy. We are keen to trace this group of people who were on the pedestrian bridge and were walking from the Broxburn side of the bridge to the Uphall Station side. They are only described as being in their late teens/early twenties, and the one who dropped the bottle was a male. No further descriptions are available at this time. The group made off towards Uphall Station when the car stopped. I would ask anyone who can help identify this group to call us on 101.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
