Shocking pictures show lorry driver's lucky escape after thugs throw sandbag off Yorkshire motorway bridge

Mindless thugs threw a sandbag off a motorway bridge in Yorkshire - smashing a HGV's windscreen.
Mindless thugs threw a sandbag off a motorway bridge in Yorkshire - smashing a HGV's windscreen.Mindless thugs threw a sandbag off a motorway bridge in Yorkshire - smashing a HGV's windscreen.
Mindless thugs threw a sandbag off a motorway bridge in Yorkshire - smashing a HGV's windscreen.

The shocking incident happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M62 at Tingley on Friday night.

The filled sandbag was thrown over the Thorpe Lane bridge.

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Police have warned that the attack could have resulted in a fatality.