A female driving instructor in Derry has recalled the moment when a drunken assailant attacked her car as she was giving a driving lesson. The woman, who doesn't want to be named, says the incident left her "shaiking with fear" and she claims that she will never enter the area again after dark.
She comments "I was at the beginning of a lesson near the test centre when I noticed a man near the walkway beside the river Foyle staring at us. When he started to make his way towards the car I knew that something wasn’t right. I told the learner driver to lock the doors and it was then that the man started to try and smash the driver’s side window in."
The man apparently appeared intoxicated and would have contined the attack on the car if not for a couple that happened to be passing by.
"I was shaking with fear - his eyes were sticking out of his head - he must have been drunk or on drugs. A man and woman were walking past the driving centre and thankfully chased him away."
She added: "I would call on all other driving instructors to be vigilant and exercise common sense when taking lessons there - especially when it’s dark."