WKBW's Eyewitness News reports the following today....
It started out as a quiet ride home for Scott Jurek on route 77 in Royalton, but right around 5 o'clock on Sunday evening that all changed.
A pick-up truck came by in the other direction and Jurek described what happened next.
"Just as he's passing by me, as he's out of sight, all of a sudden my windshield explodes." he said.
Jurek says someone threw a full plastic soda bottle out the window and hit his jeep. He was going 55 miles an hour. The bottle hit so hard that the frame dented and the wind shield shattered.
"The amount of glass. It'd be the equivalent of taking a whole handful of rocks or sand and throwing it at ya." said Jurek. Jurek was wearing sun glasses, so nothing got in his eyes, and he was able keep control of the vehicle.
"I mean this piece of plastic. If you push on it you can see there's not much there that piece of plastic saved my life."
Jurek caught a glimpse of the vehicle. He saw 3 people in a gray or green pick-up with a single cab. The model year he believes was in the mid 90's. State Police are now investigating and there is evidence. "I was able to pick the bottle up out of the street. It was damaged but intact, and it's in forensics right now. They're to run finger prints on it. So, hopefully were able to get some kind of a match." said Jurek.
He and state police want to know who did it. Aside from some cuts from the glass, Jurek was ok. But he knows it could have been a lot worse. "This is a little bit more than mischief. This is attempted murder as far as I was concerned." said Jurek.
If you have any information on what happened, State Police want to hear from you. Their phone number is 434-5588.
Source: http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/19876444.html
It started out as a quiet ride home for Scott Jurek on route 77 in Royalton, but right around 5 o'clock on Sunday evening that all changed.
A pick-up truck came by in the other direction and Jurek described what happened next.
"Just as he's passing by me, as he's out of sight, all of a sudden my windshield explodes." he said.
Jurek says someone threw a full plastic soda bottle out the window and hit his jeep. He was going 55 miles an hour. The bottle hit so hard that the frame dented and the wind shield shattered.
"The amount of glass. It'd be the equivalent of taking a whole handful of rocks or sand and throwing it at ya." said Jurek. Jurek was wearing sun glasses, so nothing got in his eyes, and he was able keep control of the vehicle.
"I mean this piece of plastic. If you push on it you can see there's not much there that piece of plastic saved my life."
Jurek caught a glimpse of the vehicle. He saw 3 people in a gray or green pick-up with a single cab. The model year he believes was in the mid 90's. State Police are now investigating and there is evidence. "I was able to pick the bottle up out of the street. It was damaged but intact, and it's in forensics right now. They're to run finger prints on it. So, hopefully were able to get some kind of a match." said Jurek.
He and state police want to know who did it. Aside from some cuts from the glass, Jurek was ok. But he knows it could have been a lot worse. "This is a little bit more than mischief. This is attempted murder as far as I was concerned." said Jurek.
If you have any information on what happened, State Police want to hear from you. Their phone number is 434-5588.
Source: http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/19876444.html
