TERROR TIMES
BOY, 14, CHARGED AFTER COUPLE INJURED WHEN CONCRETE SLAB THROWN AT PHV IN GLENROTHES
A couple have been left scarred for life after senseless yobs allegedly launched a concrete slab onto their PHV from a pedestrian bridge. Amanda Finlay, 37, her husband, Terry, 36, and their two children, aged eight and 11, were on their way home in a PHV to Glenrothes in Fife at midnight on Saturday, August 5, when the horror incident took place. The family had been travelling along the B921 from Kirkcaldy when their PHV windscreen was suddenly smashed with by a 12- inch piece of concrete. Recalling the terrifying moment, Amanda said: “It came out of nowhere, we didn’t see anything from the road - not a person, another car, nothing. Suddenly there was a huge smashing noise. “We thought we had crashed into another car at first. We couldn’t believe it was a big brick that had been launched through our windscreen.” The slab fell around 16ft from the flyover and directly into the passenger side of the vehicle before smashing into Terry’s face, causing the skin around his eyebrow and eyelids to tear open.
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The glass from the shattered windscreen flew into the back seats of the taxi and into Amanda’s head, leaving her with a deep gash across her skull. Thankfully, the couple’s children were left uninjured. Amanda continued: “We came to a sudden stop and the kids were screaming - we had no idea what had just happened. Once
I
checked that they were okay, we got out of the car and the driver called the police.” Shocking images from Saturday night show Terry’s face covered in blood with a deep gouge pictured above his right eyebrow. Amanda’s head can also be seen oozing with blood, while the windscreen of the PHV has been left completely destroyed. The pair were rushed to nearby Victoria Hospital for treatment, where they spent five and a half hours in the hands of medics. She said: “We don’t even know how many stitches he has, there are so many. They go from his eyelid and across his face. How that brick didn’t catch his eye, I’ll never know. “We suspect his glasses might
have saved his eye. Doctors told us it will scar. He’s lucky to be alive.” Six days on from the horror ordeal, Amanda said her husband is only just beginning to recover and that he is now able to open his right eye. Meanwhile, the mum-of-two, who is a full-time carer, has started to
suffer from excruciating
headaches every morning. Terry, who is a local bus driver, has been signed off work due to the incident. It is unknown when he will be able to return. On Thursday 10 August, police confirmed that a 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged in connection with a series of incidents where items were thrown from a pedestrian flyover in Glenrothes. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The incidents occurred on the B921 Kinglassie road between Sunday,
July 16, and Sunday,
August 14, and two people suffered injuries as a result of one of the incidents. “The boy has been released on an undertaking to appear at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
SEPTEMBER 2023 PHTM
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