IDIOTS threw paint from a bridge onto the Basingstoke ring road.

The yellow paint was tipped from a footbridge over the A339 between the Reading Road roundabout and the Aldermaston Road roundabout at around 12.45pm on Tuesday, April 20.

Some of the paint landed on a car that was travelling towards the Aldermaston Road roundabout.

PC Victoria Brewer, of the Whitchurch Targeted Patrol Team, said: “This was an extremely dangerous incident and fortunately nobody was injured.

“Throwing items from a bridge towards moving traffic is unbelievably stupid and could result in serious injury to people using the road below.”

Anyone with information can contact PC Brewer at Whitchurch police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

* A 15-year-old boy from Farnborough, a 17-year-old boy from Basingstoke and an 18-year-old man from Basingstoke have been arrested and bailed in connection with this incident.