Driver left with glass in eye after gang attacked bus with bricks

A bus driver was left with glass in his eyes after a gang attacked a bus with bricks.

A group of thugs hurled numerous bricks at a Vision Bus, running the 129 service from Higher Green to Farnworth as it was passing through Mosley Common on Tuesday night.

The bricks were thrown with such force that they smashed three windows and the door of the bus.

The windows were left cracked by the attacks (Vision Bus)

Glass was flung at the driver's eye, according to Vision bosses, and ambulance rushed to treat the victim of the attack at around 8.15pm.

Bus drivers in Bolton are getting increasingly 'nervous' when working as a result of multiple attacks across the area in recent months - including another incident that same night.

At 7.45pm on Tuesday, the 559 service was hit with two bricks while travelling along Willows Lane in Deane, leaving two windows smashed.

There were two attacks on one night (Vision Bus)

In the wake of the danger, Vision called off its routes into local estates, instead telling drivers to stay on main roads for the rest of the evening.

Today, March 3, the regular routes were allowed to be reinstated.

Director Chris Smith branded the vandalism as 'mindless behaviour', saying : "In the incident in Mosley Common, a gang emerged and threw four to five house bricks at the vehicle.

"They smashed three windows and a glass door and the driver ended up with glass in his eye.

"On Willows Lane bricks were thrown from either side and smashed two windows."

He added: "It is getting to the point that drivers are getting nervous when they are working and that is not a position they should have to be in.

"It is just mindless reckless behaviour."

The incidents have been reported to the police and anyone with information is being encouraged to call police on 101.