An ambulance rushing to an emergency call was hit by a can of beer hurled from the bridge over the A380 near Penn Inn, Newton Abbot, shattering its windscreen, on Saturday night.

The vehicle was going to Dawlish to help an elderly woman when the attack happened.

The full can shattered the driver's side of the windscreen.

The crew, shaken up but unhurt, pulled over after shards of glass splintered into the cab.

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