A MOTHER has spoken of the terrifying moment a rock was thrown at the window of a taxi she and her young daughter were travelling in.

Jenna Hunt was returning to her home in Little Lever with eight-month-old Mia-Grace when the rock was hurled at the vehicle in Radcliffe Road, Darcy Lever, at about 8.15pm on Sunday.

The impact cracked the rear window of the taxi, just inches from where Ms Hunt and her daughter were sitting, leaving the pair startled.

She said: “There was a loud bang, it scared me to death because of my daughter being there.

“My anxiety went from 0 to 10 in seconds.

“It is terrifying to think about what could have happened if the window had smashed.”

Initially relieved that the window had not shattered, Ms Hunt says the taxi driver later told her that the window had been cracked by the rock.

However, things could have been far worse for the mother and daughter.

“The driver handled it all really well,” said Ms Hunt.

“He could have veered off the road or it could have smashed the window completely.

“If it was an elderly person then they could have had a heart attack because of the noise it made.”

Ms Hunt said she did not get a clear view of the people who had thrown the rock, but says she saw two men, who she described as being in their late teens, running away from the road.

When contacted, Greater Manchester Police said they had not been made aware of the incident.

The incident happened just nine days after another young mum was left fearing for her life after a huge rock shattered the windscreen of the car she was in.

Melissa Evans, aged 25, was sat in the front passenger seat of her friend’s black Nissan Juke, as the pair drove past Moses Gate Country Park, in Hacken Bridge Road, also in Darcy Lever, in the early hours.

It was at this point that the car was hit by a rock and shards of glass flew into her eye.

Miss Evans later went to hospital with the glass in her eye and was told her cornea could potentially be damaged.

However, she complained that police had not taken the crime seriously enough.

Following the incident, Insp Nicola Williams of GMP’s Bolton district said: “With thousands of fewer officers across Greater Manchester, we have had to make changes to the way we work to meet the public’s need. Inevitably, we have to make difficult decisions when prioritising calls to provide the right service to those who need it most.

“On this occasion, there were numerous ongoing serious incidents that officers’ attendance was required at, including a high risk domestic incident and a priority call concerning a woman’s welfare. Those involved in this incident have since been contacted by the police and updated on the investigation.”