14 times in the past few weeks, strangers have thrown stones from bridges at moving cars in Swabia. One person was injured, the police said on Friday. A stone smashed through the windshield of a car on Thursday and hit the 50-year-old driver in the upper body. She was slightly injured. In two other cases on the highway-like federal highway 2 between Gersthofen (Augsburg district) and Meringen (Donau-Ries district) on Thursday, the occupants remained unharmed.
Unknown people have been throwing stones from bridges since the end of October. Several vehicles were damaged, and property damage totaling several thousand euros has been incurred so far. Fortunately, the vehicle occupants were not injured – until this incident now.
“We assume that the stones are approximately several centimeters in diameter,” said a police spokesman. “So we’re not talking pebbles here.” The police are investigating dangerous interventions in road traffic and are increasingly patrolling the area. Motorists who make suspicious observations on the B 2 should immediately dial the emergency number 110. In addition, the officials hope that witnesses will report who can say something about the previous cases.