Video captured by a passenger shows the terrifying minute a teenage thug smashed a bus door as he threw a brick at the driver.

The young woman who filmed the incident said a group of lads had been thrown off the E6 between South Shields and Sunderland when the horrifying moment happened.

She said they had been upsetting other passengers by misbehaving and had already been warned about their behaviour.

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The last straw was on Mortimer Road in South Shields when they started vaping and blowing clouds of smoke down the bus.

They were ordered to leave by the driver and responded by throwing a brick at the driver’s door.

Viewer discretion is advised as strong language can be heard

Choice language exclaimed by the woman as she filmed shows how shocking the incident was for passengers.

The woman, who had been out for a meal with her boyfriend on Friday afternoon, said: “They had been swearing and having fake fights. They hit a woman and knocked her out of her chair.

“They smoked a vape and the driver saw a big cloud. He stopped the bus and told them to get off.

“They would not get off the bus were saying they wanted their money back.

“They ended up grabbing the doors and moving them really hard but eventually they got off.”

The young woman started to record the incident shortly afterward.

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She said: “I saw them picking up a brick so I started filming.

“That is when I caught him actually throwing the brick. It smashed all of the door so they could not drive the bus anymore.

“We all had to get off and there were kids and old people on the bus, which is why I swore on the video because I did not know what they had hit at first.

“They were still going on at the driver, calling him a c*** and saying ‘howay then’.

“They were just horrible kids.”  

Northumbria Police has been informed.

A spokesperson for Stagecoach North East said: "At around 4.45pm on Friday August 12, an object was thrown at one of our vehicles on Mortimer Road in South Shields.

"We can confirm that nobody was injured as a result of this incident.

"Our utmost priority is the safety of our passengers and drivers, and we are assisting police with their inquiries."

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