A family has been lucky to escape serious injury after a rock was allegedly hurled at their car while driving in the Adelaide Hills.
A woman, her husband and their four children were left shaken and upset after the attack.
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The family was driving home from school about 6pm on Wednesday, travelling along Gorge Road at Paracombe, when an unknown assailant reportedly hurled a rock at the car window.
The impact shattered the windscreen, leaving the mother with shrapnel wounds to her hands and arms.
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The family says they saw a man hiding in the bushes next to the road before the attack.
Police say a person in a blue shirt was seen fleeing from the scene.
The suspect has not yet been located.
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