Robert Graham standing on the bridge in
Spelter Works Road, Hendon, where yobs
threw a brick at a train which he was travelling on.
A rail passenger told today how a brick hurled from a railway bridge by a yob shattered a window, showering two women with glass.Spelter Works Road, Hendon, where yobs
threw a brick at a train which he was travelling on.
Robert Graham, 41, was travelling on the 5.50pm train from Sunderland to Seaham on Tuesday when the attack occurred as it passed under the Spelter Works Road bridge at Grangetown.
He said: "I saw two youths on top of the bridge. The train driver was sounding his horn because I believe he'd seen them. The brick came through the side window.
"It was such a loud bang and everybody was looking round not knowing what had happened.
"The woman in the seat next to the window was covered in glass and the brick landed on her lap. Two women were also sitting next to the window."
"It was very shocking for them. I don't think they were injured, just taken aback.
"I went to the back of the train and told the conductor that the train had been bricked."
He said the train was stopped at Seaham where the damage was inspected and he got
out.
Mr Graham, an IT consultant, continued his journey to his home in Hawthorn, near Seaham, by car, returning later to the scene of the attack.
A spokesman for Northern Rail said: "This was a dangerous attack by a youth who was trespassing on the railway line. Fortunately no-one was injured.
"We are working hard with the British Transport Police, Network Rail and other agencies to reduce youth crime on the railway.
"Young people who trespass on the railway need to understand they are putting their lives at risk."
Last year, the driver of a Newcastle-bound train narrowly escaped injury after a brick was thrown and smashed his cab window as his service travelled through Filton near Bristol.
The train, going from Bristol Temple Meads to Newcastle, was carrying hundreds of passengers getting away for the Easter weekend. The driver was not injured, but was badly shaken.
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