VANDALS have caused about £3,000 worth of damage by throwing bricks at two school buses during two separate attacks this afternoon.

The Compass Royston busses were targeted in Tollesby Road, Acklam, Middlesbrough at 3.25pm and Junction Road at 3.30pm.

The buses were carrying pupils, aged 11 to 16-years-old, from St David's School, Middlesbrough and St Michael's School, Stockton at the time of the incidents in Acklam and Stockton respectively.

One pupil from St David's School was taken to hospital with minor injuries and the driver was left shaken.

Gary Walton, director of Compass Royston, said: "We do tend to lose around 12 windows a year in attacks like this and each one can cost between £600 and £1,000.

"As well as the disruption to the service, obviously, we have to pass on the cost as well.

"I have known of two incidents like this happening in a week, but never two within five minutes of each other.

"I believe bricks were thrown at the buses."

He added: "The Stockton incident wasn't too bad because nobody was hurt, but in Acklam it was a specialist bus and so we needed two to come and replace it.

"It doesn't surprise me as it is a regular occurrence and there is nothing we can do about it."

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