KIDS JUST PASSING THE TIME

Kentucky man, 64, has the bones in his face broken after two teenage boys, 14 and 15, 'hurl a 5lb rock through his windshield from the side of the road'

By Jennifer Smith

Daily Mail
April 2, 2019

A man has been left with horrific facial injuries after two teenage boys allegedly hurled a rock threw his windshield while he was driving.

William Wehner, 64, had the bones in his face broken and will need reconstructive surgery as a result of the incident.

He was driving down the street in Burlington, Kentucky, at around 10.30pm on Saturday night when the boys, who had been having a sleepover in one's home nearby, allegedly hurled the rock from the side of the road.

It was raining heavily at the time and the boys ran away as soon as the rock crashed through the man's windshield, police say.

He was able to contact the emergency services and was transported to the hospital where he remains.

The boys were apprehended after police investigating the incident asked local school police resource officers who they thought might have been involved.

When deputies went to one of the boy's homes, they say he confessed and said his friend had been involved too.

The 14-year-old, who allegedly threw the rock, has been charged with 1st degree assault and criminal mischief.

The 15-year-old has been charged with criminal mischief and accessory to assault.

Around an hour before Wehner was hit, the 15-year-old is said to have thrown a rock at a different car but it bounced off the side.

A spokesman for the Boone County Sheriff's Office told DailyMail.com the pair would be tried as juveniles. Their names are being withheld because of their age.

The spokesman added that Wehner was probably trying to concentrate on 'just staying in his lane' when the rock came hurtling towards him.

'It was raining like hell. It was raining cats and dogs,' he said. He added that he did not know how fast the man was going at the time.

The boys had initially planned to throw sticks at the cars but, for some reason, decided instead to launch rocks.

It is unclear if they are remorseful.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Remorseful? Come on, get real! These are just two children in need of supervision as they are too young to know what the consequences of their rock hurling might be. When he gets out of the hospital, they should arrest the old fart for reckless driving by driving into the path of that rock.