EMERGENCY services came under attack while attending to an injured person following a crash on the Stewartstown Road at the weekend.

The two-vehicle collision happened outside of the Dairy Farm Shopping Centre after 6pm on Sunday evening. 

A group of youths threw stones while emergency services attended the scene, resulting in damage to the window of a police vehicle.

A spokesperson from the PSNI said the “behaviour is unacceptable".

“A police vehicle has been damaged as a result and put emergency services at risk of injury.

“We would appeal for anyone who has any information to contact police.”

A spokesperson from the Ambulance service said: “NIAS despatched One Emergency Crew and Rapid Response Paramedic to the incident. No patients were taken from the scene.”