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| Bus passengers in Londonderry had a lucky escape when a bus crashed after teenagers rolled a huge snowball in front of a car, a bus driver has said. | Bus passengers in Londonderry had a lucky escape when a bus crashed after teenagers rolled a huge snowball in front of a car, a bus driver has said. |
| Danny McGinley said up to 30 youths got on the bus in the Hazelbank Estate on Monday and threw snowballs at everyone. | |
| He said they rolled the snowball in front of the car ahead. | |
| "She (the car driver) couldn't get around it, so she stopped dead and I lost control of the bus and I went into the back of her," he said. | "She (the car driver) couldn't get around it, so she stopped dead and I lost control of the bus and I went into the back of her," he said. |
| "They pushed open the doors of the bus and pelted me with snowballs and threw them in on top of the passengers. | "They pushed open the doors of the bus and pelted me with snowballs and threw them in on top of the passengers. |
| "It was just by pure luck that no-one was injured." | "It was just by pure luck that no-one was injured." |
| A police spokeswoman said youths built snow barricades at various locations in Derry. When drivers stopped, they pelted their cars with snowballs. Several people's windscreens were shattered. | |
| The spokeswoman warned about the dangers of attacking moving vehicles. It could lead to serious injury, she said. |