Driver hit in face by brick

Police say dozens of drivers have now reported similar attacks

A woman was seriously injured after being hit in the face by a brick thrown through the windscreen of her car.

Kent Police said dozens of motorists had now called to report similar incidents on the A28 between Ashford and Bethersden.

Officers believe they are linked and warned that 41-year-old Rosemarie Govett could have been killed in Thursday's attack, the third serious incident in less than a fortnight.

Her ex-husband said she could lose the sight in one eye.

Mrs Govett had her two young children in the back of the car and police said they were also hurt and traumatised.

She must have half a dozen consultants working out how they are going to rebuild her face Ex-husband John Govett

She was driving a Peugeot 406 on the A28 near Bethersden at about 1815 GMT when the brick smashed through the windscreen and hit her full in the face.

She lost control of the car and the vehicle left the road crashing through a fence and ending up in a garden.

Her 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries in the crash.

'Terrible facial injuries'

The girl dialled 999 while her brother looked after their badly injured mother.

Mrs Govett was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford where she was said to be in a stable condition with serious facial injuries.

Her ex-husband John Govett spoke to the BBC after visiting her in hospital.

He said: "She's got terrible facial injuries and we're worried she may lose the sight in one of her eyes.

Rosemarie Govett is being treated at a hospital in Ashford

"She must have half a dozen consultants working out how they are going to rebuild her face."

Inspector Dick Leahy, of Kent police, said a brick had also been thrown through the windscreen of a bus on the A28 at about 1700 GMT on Tuesday evening.

And on Tuesday evening of last week, 18 November, an object was thrown at a car windscreen but deflected off it.

All three incidents happened in a similar area around Bethersden.

Inspector Leahy said: "Obviously we are treating all three very seriously, but in the incident last night (Thursday), this lady could well have died as a result of this reckless act."

He said because the road was the main route between Ashford and Tenterden it would have been busy at the time of all three offences, and he believed someone must have seen what happened.

He asked witnesses to any of the incidents to contact Ashford Police Station.