Police reassure community following reports of driver squirting liquid at passersby in Hartlepool

At 4.30pm on Saturday 17 May police attended to Brenda Road after a woman had been sprayed with an unknown liquid as a vehicle drove past. 

While the woman didn’t suffer any injury, officers provided her with first aid advice.

Further reports were also made in relation to three other people being squirted with an unknown substance.

Officers began to carry out extensive enquiries to locate the vehicle and the driver.

It led them to a car park on South Road and a thorough search was conducted on the vehicle and the driver to look for any illicit substances that could cause harm to the members of the public.

Thankfully, no illicit substances were in the vehicle other than bottles of water and the occupant confirmed people had been sprayed with water.

The driver was given stern words of advice.

Police want to take this opportunity to reassure anyone else who may have been affected, and not spoken to police, that the liquid was water.